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Investing.com -- A U.S. judge denied the Justice Department’s request to unseal records from the grand jury that indicted Jeffrey Epstein on sex trafficking charges.
Manhattan-based U.S. District Judge Richard Berman issued the decision Wednesday as President Donald Trump faces pressure from conservative supporters over his administration’s decision not to release files related to the case.
In his ruling, Judge Berman stated it would be more logical for the government to directly release information from its investigation rather than seek court permission to disclose grand jury materials, which are legally protected.
"The Government’s 100,000 pages of Epstein files and materials dwarf the 70 odd pages of Epstein grand jury materials," Berman wrote. "The grand jury testimony is merely a hearsay snippet of Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged conduct."
The judge emphasized that the government already possesses a substantial trove of records about the case that it has chosen not to make public, which far exceeds the limited grand jury materials in question.
The late financier Epstein was indicted on sex trafficking charges before his death.
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