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Grand jury transcripts from abandoned Epstein investigation in Florida ordered released

Dec 5, 2025, 10:15 AM | Updated: 12:08 pm

FILE — Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, speak...

FILE — Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks during a news conference to announce charges against Ghislaine Maxwell for her alleged role in the sexual exploitation and abuse of multiple minor girls by Jeffrey Epstein, July 2, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge in Florida on Friday ordered the release of grand jury transcripts from the federal sex trafficking cases of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith said a recently-passed federal law ordering the release of records related to the cases overrode a federal rule prohibiting the release of matters before a grand jury.

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Grand jury transcripts from abandoned Epstein investigation in Florida ordered released