54 h. ago Judge rejects Trump administration request to unseal Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury transcripts

Judge wrote transcripts from case of Jeffrey Epstein associate couldn’t be released because it would risk ‘unraveling secrecy’ of grand juryDismissing it as little more than a “diversion,” a federal judge in New York has formally rejected the Trump-led US justice department’s request to release transcripts of pre-indictment, grand jury interviews with witnesses in the case of Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted sex trafficker and associate of Jeffrey Epstein.Judge Paul Engelmayer wrote that the transcripts could not be released publicly – “casually or promiscuously” – as Donald Trump’s government had pushed for because it would risk “unraveling the foundations of secrecy upon which the grand jury is premised”. Continue reading...

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56 h. ago Federal judge rejects Trump's request to unseal secret Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury documents amid Epstein drama

U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer of the Southern District of New York has said he won't unseal grand jury testimony records in the Ghislaine Maxwell case.

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56 h. ago New York judge refuses to unseal Ghislaine Maxwell’s grand jury transcripts despite Trump’s request

The decision comes after President Donald Trump asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to produce “any and all pertinent” grand jury transcripts in the criminal cases of Maxwell and Epstein.

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5 d. ago I heard Ghislaine tell inmate she had dirt on Trump: Sex trafficker's ex

The first time Kathryn Comolli laid eyes on Ghislaine Maxwell was when the convicted sex trafficker was about to enter the isolation unit at Tallahassee prison in the autumn of 2022.

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6 d. ago ‘It’s not a coincidence’: after Ghislaine Maxwell’s prison move what next?

Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking accomplice was sent to a minimum security facility after meeting a top DoJ official who is Trump’s ex-attorney – experts say ‘this is not the end’When Ghislaine Maxwell was transferred to a minimum security prison camp last week, despite being convicted of sex trafficking for Jeffrey Epstein, her move fueled ever-growing speculation about authorities’ handling of the late financier’s crimes.For many, the timing of Maxwell’s sudden relocation from a Florida penitentiary to a Texas lockup known for its more campus feel and celebrity inmates was especially suspect – with two Epstein victims reportedly describing the event as a “cover-up”. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Epstein sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell banned from training service puppies at ‘Club Fed’: report

Disgraced British socialite will not be permitted to help train young service dogs along with other inmates because of the nature of the crimes of which she was convicted

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6 d. ago Victims feeling exhausted and anxious about wrangling over Epstein files

Women who say they were abused by Jeffrey Epstein are feeling skeptical and anxious after the Justice Department requested a court take the rare step of unsealing transcripts of secret testimony related to the sex-offending millionaire’s case

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6 d. ago Ghislaine Maxwell’s Texas ‘Club Fed’ prison ups security after taking in the Epstein sex trafficker

Maxwell’s transfer comes after two meetings with the Justice Department last month

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7 d. ago Ghislaine Maxwell got ‘special preference’ with move to Texas Club Fed that no other inmate gets, experts say

Some ex-prison staffers called Maxwell’s move ‘unheard of’

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7 d. ago Trump DOJ must address concerns of Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell ‘legitimization’ in grand jury release: Live updates

Vice President JD Vance is hosting a strategy dinner on handling of Jeffrey Epstein case as shock poll shows 81% of Americans believe President Donald Trump responsible for administration hiding information

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7 d. ago Trump DOJ must address victim concerns about Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury release: Live updates

Strategy dinner announced as shock poll shows 81 percent of Americans believe President Donald Trump is responsible for administration hiding information on Jeffrey Epstein case

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7 d. ago Ghislaine Maxwell told Justice Department she never saw Trump do anything concerning with Epstein, report says

The Trump administration is now considering whether to release the transcript from Blanche’s meetings with Maxwell last month

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8 d. ago Trump says he ‘didn’t know’ about Ghislaine Maxwell transfer from prison to Texas Club Fed: ‘I read about it just like you’

Maxwell remains in prison on a 20-year sentence for crimes committed with Jeffrey Epstein

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8 d. ago Ghislaine Maxwell says she never saw Trump do anything that would have 'caused concern' during secret interview

Jeffrey Epstein's former lover Ghislaine Maxwell said she never saw Donald Trump do anything that would have 'caused concern' during a secret interview with DOJ attorneys.

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8 d. ago Trump approval 20 points underwater in new poll with 81% blaming him for Epstein info blackout: Live updates

Latest shock poll follows president’s claim in CNBC interview that polls showing him with approval ratings in the 30s were ‘fake’

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8 d. ago Ghislaine Maxwell makes blistering rebuttal after Trump demands release of secret Epstein grand jury transcripts

Longtime Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell does not want the grand jury testimony from her case unsealed.

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8 d. ago Trump team weighs releasing Ghislaine Maxwell’s interview with DOJ officials over Epstein case: report

The Trump administration is considering publicly releasing an audio recording of an interview with Ghislaine Maxwell and senior officials from the Department of Justice, according to a new report.

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9 d. ago Ghislaine Maxwell not welcome in Texas ‘Club Fed’ prison camp, says inmate: ‘Human trafficking is a violent crime’

Presence of Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice and former girlfriend has angered fellow inmates at Texas prison camp

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3 w. ago Trump and Epstein's former lawyer reveals astonishing plot to shut down 'client list' fury and FREE Ghislaine Maxwell from prison

Alan Dershowitz said that Maxwell should have her 20 year sentence commuted as he waded into the controversy around Epstein's alleged client-list.

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3 w. ago Trump cannot dispel the ghost of Jeffrey Epstein | Sidney Blumenthal

Trump’s grooming of his followers is impossible to undo. Now he is bedeviled by a conspiracy theory gapSome enchanted evening, Donald Trump saw a stranger across a crowded room.It is likely that there is hardly anyone living who knows exactly under what glowing lights Donald Trump met Jeffrey Epstein, except perhaps Trump himself and Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s former girlfriend who is serving a 20-year prison term for helping to procure minors for sexual abuse. Trump said in an interview in 2002, when his Epstein relationship was still tight, that it had been a 15-year mutual admiration society. Epstein was “a terrific guy” and “a lot of fun to be with,” and “likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side”. Epstein described himself as “Donald’s closest friend for 10 years”. Continue reading...

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