A federal judge in New York declined a request from the Department of Justice to unseal grand jury transcripts for the Jeffrey Epstein case Wednesday, the third time in recent weeks that a judge has rejected such a request from the Trump administration.
In his ruling, U.S. District Judge Richard Berman wrote that the information in the grand jury file “pales in comparison” to information held by the DOJ.
The case in question stems from Epstein’s 2019 indictment on sex trafficking charges. Berman noted in his 14-page opinion that only one witness testified during the grand jury proceedings: an FBI agent who worked on the case.