The rules of Florida's judge Epstein Grand Jury Records will remain sealed

The rules of Florida’s judge Epstein Grand Jury Records will remain sealed

A federal judge in Florida denied one of the three requests of the Department of Justice to discourage the records of the Grand Jury linked to federal investigations to Epstein, according to a public order Launched on Wednesday.

The application is one of the three made by the Department of Justice to the judges in New York and Florida who seek to reveal federal investigations records in Epstein.

This photo provided by the Registry of Sexual Criminals of the State of New York shows Jeffrey Epstein, March 28, 2017.

Record of sexual criminals of the state of New York through AP

According to the order of the Robin Rosenberg district judge, the records that the department sought to reveal related to the great jurors convened in West Palm Beach in 2005 and 2007 that had investigated Epstein.

Judge Rosenberg criticized the Department of Justice for not outlineing sufficient arguments to justify the insult of the records, which are normally protected under strict rules of secret.

Rosenberg’s opinion states that his “hands are tied” given the existing precedent in the Court of Appeals of the eleventh circuit that only allows the dissemination of such large jury materials under narrow exceptions.

In addition, he denied a request to transfer the problem to the jurisdiction of the Southern District of New York, where two judges are reflecting separately on similar motions of the department that seek to unsafe grand jury records linked to Epstein and his former associate Ghislaine Maxwell.

A spokesman for the Department of Justice did not immediately respond to a request for comments on the order.

Meanwhile, a federal judge in New York denied the request of Ghislaine Maxwell to review the testimony of the Grand Jury related to Epstein.

“It is Law of Black Letters that the defendants generally have no right to access large jury materials,” the United States District Judge Paul Engelmayer wrote.

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during a press conference with President Donald Trump in the Brady Information Chamber of the White House, on June 27, 2025, in Washington.

Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP through Getty Images, files

Maxwell’s lawyers requested access to the confidential records of the Grand Jury to determine if Maxwell would take a position in the launch of the records.

Judge Engelmayer wrote that there is no “convincing need” for Maxwell to review the records. An objection of Maxwell in the revelation of the records could further complicate the process of potentially release the records.

“She has not demonstrated, nor has she tried to demonstrate, that the Grand Jury materials in her case can reveal any deficiency in the procedures that lead to her accusation,” he wrote.

Judge Engelmayer said he plans “quickly” to review the transcripts himself and would consider providing an extract or synopsis to Maxwell’s lawyers.

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