From CBS News: A federal judge on Friday granted the Justice Department’s request to unseal grand jury transcripts from a federal investigation in Florida into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The Justice Department had renewed its request for the material to be made public last month after Congress passed and President Trump signed a law that requires the attorney general to disclose records related to the government’s investigation into Epstein.
U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith granted the request from Justice Department officials in a brief order.
In its motion to the court last month, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and other government lawyers wrote that the court should authorize the Justice Department to release the transcripts and lift any protective orders that would prevent disclosure to the public “in light of the act’s clear mandate.”
“The Legislative and Executive Branches have nearly unanimously directed the Department of Justice to make records related to the Epstein and Maxwell investigations publicly available,” they wrote.
The report explains that the Trump administration had initially petitioned courts in Florida and New York in July to unseal the grand jury materials.
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🚨 BREAKING: A federal judge has just UNSEALED the Epstein grand jury files in South Florida
Transcripts are now authorized to be made PUBLIC
The judge cited the passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act and Trump’s signature for allowing the materials to be released. pic.twitter.com/oQqem24MAh
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) December 5, 2025
U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith orders release of sealed grand jury transcripts relating to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell pursuant to Epstein Files Transparency Act (PL 119-38) and Savage Services Corp. v. United States.https://t.co/wBJWk4i0QN pic.twitter.com/TztnZRXbMR
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) December 5, 2025
Judge orders unsealing of grand jury transcripts from Epstein case in Floridahttps://t.co/mExeOQgPMi
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) December 5, 2025
NEW: A federal judge in Florida has granted the Justice Department’s request to publicly release grand jury records related to the criminal prosecutions of Jeffrey Epstein and his longtime ally and co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell.https://t.co/7B4vBUrxv7
— POLITICO (@politico) December 5, 2025
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