Federal judge approves releasing Ghislaine Maxwell case grand jury material

Judge Paul Engelmayer has granted the DOJ's motion to unseal the grand jury transcripts and exhibits in Maxwell's criminal case with some redactions. 

Engelmayer's ruling comes just ahead of the Dec. 19 deadline to release records related to the Epstein case. 

"In the case of the Maxwell and Epstein grand juries, under the Act, public disclosure of such materials is the rule, subject to the limited exceptions set out in the Act. The Act thus requires the Attorney General to make public the Maxwell grand jury materials, subject to the withholdings and redactions that the Act permits," Engelmayer's ruling reads.

There is a possibility that a judge could rule to release grand jury transcripts from the 2019 Epstein criminal case prior to the deadline under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The AP noted that attorneys for the Epstein estate did not take a position on the unsealing of records.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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