Grand Jury, Jeffrey Epstein and Trump
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A federal judge is asking why the Trump administration is seeking the disclosure, and whether they have notified victims.
The MAGA faithful may be disappointed to find out what is, and isn’t, inside grand jury transcripts sought by the Department of Justice.
Ex-federal prosecutors say a Justice Department request to unseal grand jury transcripts in the prosecution of chronic sexual abuser Jeffrey Epstein and his former girlfriend is unlikely to produce much,
Republican Congressman Tim Burchett praises President Trump’s request for a judge to release grand jury material in the Epstein case but says he would like the administration to release more.
By Luke Broadwater Reporting from Washington Dogged for weeks over his administration’s refusal to release the Epstein files, President Trump spent the weekend posting on social media about, well, anything else.
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump called the continued fixation on Epstein and his possible connections to powerful politicians a “witch hunt.” Trump also told reporters that he was not up to speed on the Department of Justice’s plans to meet with Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
Through any number of controversies over the years, President Donald Trump’s modus operandi has been to never give an inch. Steve Bannon calls it Trump’s “fight club mentality,” and it’s certainly more pronounced in his more bare-knuckle second term.
Maxwell was found guilty in 2022 of helping disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse young girls.