Transcripts of secret grand jury testimony in the Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking case won’t be released, a judge decided Monday.

Judge Paul A. Engelmayer said in a written ruling that the government had suggested that the materials could be released publicly “casually or promiscuously,” which would risk “unraveling the foundations of secrecy upon which the grand jury is premised” and eroding confidence by persons called to testify before future grand juries.

“And it is no answer to argue that releasing the grand jury materials, because they are redundant of the evidence at Maxwell’s trial, would be innocuous. The same could be said for almost any grand jury testimony, by summary witnesses or others, given in support of charges that later proceeded to trial,” he added.

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      3 months ago

      Hell yeah. It do be working. I’m posting this below for others.

      Normalize calling them the Trump/Epstein Files

      We changed people saying “Trump fucked kids” to “Trump rapes kids” in just a few days.

      Phrasing matters, and it especially matters to him. Once we call it the Trump/Epstein files, news orgs will too.

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    3 months ago

    Ok then, start arresting people in the files and show them to a jury?

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    This is why they requested the transcripts, so they can redirect blame to the judges. Even though it’s not the transcripts people are calling for.