U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer said that his review of the documents showed that they contained “garden-variety testimony from law enforcement agents that was already known to the public—not the type of information justifying taking the “extraordinary step of revealing grand jury materials. “[The U.S. Department of Justice’s] entire premise—that the Maxwell grand jury materials would bring to light meaningful new information about Epstein’s and Maxwell’s crimes, or the Government’s investigation into them—is demonstrably false, Engelmayer said.
U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer said that his review of the documents showed that they contained “garden-variety testimony from law enforcement agents that was already known to the public—not the type of information justifying taking the “extraordinary step of revealing grand jury materials. “[The U.S. Department of Justice’s] entire premise—that the Maxwell grand jury materials would bring to light meaningful new information about Epstein’s and Maxwell’s crimes, or the Government’s investigation into them—is demonstrably false, Engelmayer said.
