Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury materials to stay sealed, judge rules

An American judge of the major jury was ruled in the case of the Arsenal Maxwell, which follows the citizenship in the case of their gender, saying that making it public “will not reveal new information about any result.”

The Ministry of Justice had asked Judge Paul Engemayer to cancel the documents, in an attempt to dump ISIS Donald Trump on a decision not to release all federal files on the deadly crime in Maxwell Jeffrey Epstein.

Maxwell, is currently serving A 20 -year prison sentence As for the crimes associated with Ibstein, I opposed the absence of materials.

The judge wrote that it is important to protect the confidentiality of the major jury bodies, who decide whether to accuse persons accused of crimes.

Judge Engemayer wrote in his 31 -page decision.

But he wrote that “the implementation of the exception is accidentally or not in violation, as the government’s proposal to separate the testimony of the Grand Persons Authority here would harm the major jury system. He wrote, it can put a precedent where people do not believe that the procedures will remain confidential, which may discourage witnesses from making their testimonies and clarify the jury from focusing only on the advantages of the case.

He rejected the government’s argument that many of the information provided to the Great Persons Authority had been announced during its trial, although he agreed that “a member of the public is aware of the Maxwell experimental record that reviewed the materials of the major jury … he will then learn to something new.”

He wrote that the materials “do not specify any person other than Epsin and Maxwell as they are sexually communicating with a minor” and “do not discuss or determine any agent from Epsin or Maxwell.”

Maxwell, 63, was convicted in December 2019 and was Recently move From Florida Prison to a new security facility in Texas.

Last week, One of her accused She said outside the court in New York that she should remain in prison for the rest of her life.

BBC contacted Maxwell’s lawyer to comment.

Last month, an interview was conducted with Ministry of Justice officials under the direction of the Trump administration to collect and issue reliable evidence related to the Ibstein case.

On the campaign path, Trump pledged to issue what is known as “Epstein files”. But this summer, the Ministry of Justice and the Federal Investigation Office said they concluded that Epstein He did not keep the “customer list” And that the Ministry of Justice will not make additional general files.

In response to the reverse reaction, Trump said that Bondi should release “everything you think is reliable.” Meanwhile, the Congress Committee sent a summons to the Ministry of Justice related to federal investigations into allegations against Epstein and Maxwell, which dates back to 20 years.

The president, who was a friend of Ebstein, denied prior knowledge of Epstein’s crimes and said that he and the Lord, who died in the federal reservation while waiting for the trial, It fell in the early first decade of the twentieth century.