Judge Rejects Government Bid to Unseal Material Related to Jeffrey Epstein

Numerous victims of Epstein and a co-conspirator said they wanted the material released.

Jeffrey Epstein (C) appears in court in West Palm Beach, Fla., on July 30, 2008. Uma Sanghvi/Palm Beach Post via AP

A federal judge on Aug. 11 denied the Trump administration’s request to make material related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein public.

Grand jury material is typically kept secret, and the government’s filings do not meet an exception laid out in previous rulings, U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer wrote in a 31-page decision.