Jeffrey Epstein, grand jury
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Trump orders the DOJ to unseal grand jury transcripts in the Epstein case, but the move may fall short. NBC News reports the documents won’t include key FBI interviews, evidence, or unredacted names.
Alan Dershowitz signaled on Sunday that any new information related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, will not be found in the grand jury transcripts from their prosecutions that the Trump administration requested be unsealed.
The Justice Department has asked lawyers for Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell if she would be willing to speak with U.S. prosecutors, and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Tuesday he expected to meet with her in the coming days.
Trump has tried to damp down speculation, fanned mainly by Democrats, that the withheld files contain evidence of a deep connection between Trump and Epstein. Trump has reacted with outrage and disdain, even at members of his political base who have pressed for the files to be released.
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