Southern District of New York Judge Paul Engelmayer, an Obama appointee, concluded that the government failed to make a compelling case for a broad disclosure.
A Manhattan federal judge rejected a petition by the Trump administration Monday to unseal grand jury documents in the case against deceased sex predator Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.
US District Judge Paul Engelmayer, a Barack Obama appointee, concluded that the government failed to make a compelling case for disclosure of the grand jury testimony, which typically remains sealed.
