A federal judge in the US has given the Department of Justice the green light to release materials from the investigation that led to Ghislaine Maxwell's conviction in 2021. The materials include secret grand jury transcripts and investigative documents, potentially spanning thousands of pages. The decision follows Congress's approval in November of a bill to release Epstein- and Maxwell-related documents.
A federal judge in the US has ruled that the Department of Justice can release materials from the investigation that resulted in Ghislaine Maxwell's conviction in 2021, the accomplice of the deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Maxwell was sentenced for her involvement in Epstein's human trafficking of young women for sexual purposes and is serving a 20-year prison term.
The materials include previously secret transcripts from grand juries and other investigative documents, potentially amounting to thousands of pages. This decision aligns with a similar ruling last week, approving the release of grand jury transcripts from Epstein's investigations in 2005 and 2007.
These steps follow the US Congress's approval in November of a bill mandating the release of documents linked to Maxwell and Epstein. Epstein was found dead in his New York prison cell in 2019 while awaiting trial. The release is expected to provide greater insight into the extensive probes surrounding both individuals' activities, though specific details of the content have not yet been disclosed.