Judge denies government's request to unseal grand jury material in Ghislaine Maxwell case

 

Judge Paul Engelmayer of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York rejected the Justice Department's bid to unveil the material in a 31-page order Monday morning. In court filings, Justice Department lawyers argued the circumstances of the Maxwell case warranted the release of the grand jury transcripts and exhibits, which typically remain secret. Engelmayer rejected that argument.

 

"The Government's invocation of special circumstances, however, fails at the threshold," Engelmayer wrote. "Its entire premise — that the Maxwell grand jury materials would bring to light meaningful new information about Epstein's and Maxwell's crimes, or the Government's investigation into them — is demonstrably false."

 

"A member of the public, appreciating that the Maxwell grand jury materials do not contribute anything to public knowledge, might conclude that the Government's motion for their unsealing was aimed not at 'transparency' but at diversion — aimed not at full disclosure but at the illusion of such," he wrote.

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ghislaine-maxwell-grand-jury-unseal-denied/

1 minute ago, jerrymahoney said:

Judge denies government's request to unseal grand jury material in Ghislaine Maxwell case

 

Judge Paul Engelmayer of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York rejected the Justice Department's bid to unveil the material in a 31-page order Monday morning. In court filings, Justice Department lawyers argued the circumstances of the Maxwell case warranted the release of the grand jury transcripts and exhibits, which typically remain secret. Engelmayer rejected that argument.

 

"The Government's invocation of special circumstances, however, fails at the threshold," Engelmayer wrote. "Its entire premise — that the Maxwell grand jury materials would bring to light meaningful new information about Epstein's and Maxwell's crimes, or the Government's investigation into them — is demonstrably false."

 

"A member of the public, appreciating that the Maxwell grand jury materials do not contribute anything to public knowledge, might conclude that the Government's motion for their unsealing was aimed not at 'transparency' but at diversion — aimed not at full disclosure but at the illusion of such," he wrote.

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ghislaine-maxwell-grand-jury-unseal-denied/

 

 

Doesn't get more damning than that......but the swivel eyed loons will still be screaming "Trump has really tried to release the evidence, but the judges have stopped him".....dear God.

From the Judge's ruling referenced in the CBS News article:

 

First, the grand juries in this case were not used for investigative purposes. They did not hear testimony from any firsthand witness to any event at issue. They did not hear testimony from any victim, eyewitness, suspect, or even a records custodian. The grand juries met  instead for the quotidian purpose of returning an indictment.

 

Each grand jury received evidence on a single day. On that day, it heard testimony from one person: a law enforcement agent who, acting as a summary witness, testified to information obtained in the Government’s investigation to support the charges in the proposed indictment.

 

The agent, responding to tightly structured questions from an Assistant United States Attorney(“AUSA”), provided highly abbreviated, hearsay accounts of the statements of select  witnesses (e.g., the victims on whom counts in the proposed indictment were based). The agent led the jury through a PowerPoint of exhibits (e.g., photographs and business records).

 

At the end of the testimony, the agent testified that he or she had not disclosed all that he or she knew, but had only responded to the AUSA’s questions. Afterwards, each grand jury voted to return the proposed indictment.

39 minutes ago, jerrymahoney said:

From the Judge's ruling referenced in the CBS News article:

 

First, the grand juries in this case were not used for investigative purposes. They did not hear testimony from any firsthand witness to any event at issue. They did not hear testimony from any victim, eyewitness, suspect, or even a records custodian. The grand juries met  instead for the quotidian purpose of returning an indictment.

 

Each grand jury received evidence on a single day. On that day, it heard testimony from one person: a law enforcement agent who, acting as a summary witness, testified to information obtained in the Government’s investigation to support the charges in the proposed indictment.

 

The agent, responding to tightly structured questions from an Assistant United States Attorney(“AUSA”), provided highly abbreviated, hearsay accounts of the statements of select  witnesses (e.g., the victims on whom counts in the proposed indictment were based). The agent led the jury through a PowerPoint of exhibits (e.g., photographs and business records).

 

At the end of the testimony, the agent testified that he or she had not disclosed all that he or she knew, but had only responded to the AUSA’s questions. Afterwards, each grand jury voted to return the proposed indictment.

 

 

The whole thing was a set up from the start and Maxwell was the fall gal......... abusers were to be protected at all costs.

 

The indictments were tightly controlled to avoid any testimony that might implicate anyone other than Maxwell herself.

 

That is deep state stuff......... if it exists.

 

 

 

 

 

6 hours ago, Will B Good said:

 

 

The whole thing was a set up from the start and Maxwell was the fall gal......... abusers were to be protected at all costs.

 

The indictments were tightly controlled to avoid any testimony that might implicate anyone other than Maxwell herself.

 

That is deep state stuff......... if it exists.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lol, so you were clamouring "release the files". And the judge says "Nah, the information was already out, no need".

 

This is unbelievably funny.

 

We are laughing.

1 hour ago, Cameroni said:

 

Lol, so you were clamouring "release the files". And the judge says "Nah, the information was already out, no need".

 

This is unbelievably funny.

 

We are laughing.

 

So you don't understand the difference between the Epstein files (evidence) and the Grand Jury material?

 

Your ignorance is staggering.

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