Justice department revealed that only two law enforcement witnesses testified during grand jury proceedings
Justice department revealed that only two law enforcement witnesses testified during grand jury proceedings
Transcripts of the grand jury proceedings that led to the sex trafficking indictments of the sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice, British socialiate Ghislaine Maxwell, include the testimony of just two law enforcement witnesses, the Department of Justice has said, as it argues for the documents’ release.
Top justice department officials disclosed in a filing late on Tuesday in New York City federal court that separate grand juries convened to consider the criminal investigations of Epstein and Maxwell, and had heard from only two witnesses.
The revelation was made in the course of court wrangling over whether the transcripts of the proceedings should be unsealed, amid the continuing furor over the Epstein scandal which has roiled Donald Trump’s second term.
The Trump administration is urging the two federal judges who presided over the Epstein and Maxwell grand juries, Richard Berman and Paul Engelmayer, to release the testimony, in an attempt to calm the uproar.
The Trump administration has come under intense pressure from the president’s own base of supporters who were infuriated by the justice department’s decision not to release any additional Epstein files about the late, disgraced financier’s crimes involving the sex trafficking of girls.
