A federal judge rejected Wednesday the request of the Justice Department to reveal the records of the Grand Jury that accused the deceased financial Jeffrey Epstein for positions of sex trafficking.
Judge Richard Berman’s decision comes when President Trump tries to calm the growing discontent between his bases for the management of the case by the administration.
Trump had promised to make the files about Epstein public if he was chosen and accused the Democrats of covering up the truth.
However, in July the Department of Justice refused to publish more material from his investigation into the case and assured that Epstein’s clients’ list did not exist, which enraged Trump’s supporters.
The evidence seen and heard by the great jury, which operate behind closed doors to avoid interference in criminal investigations, cannot be disclosed without the approval of a judge.
In July, Trump ordered the Attorney General, Pam Bondi, to request judicial approval to disseminate the material of the Grand Jury in the case of Epstein.
Epstein committed suicide in 2019 while waiting for the trial for sex trafficking. He had declared himself innocent.
His death in prison and his friends with powerful people gave rise to conspiracy theories that pointed out that other personalities were involved in their crimes and was killed.
The Chief Forensic Doctor of New York City determined that he committed suicide by hanging.
On August 11, another Manhattan judge, Paul Engelmayer, denied a similar request from the Department of Justice to reveal the testimony and evidence of the Grand Jury in the case of Ghislaine Maxwell, first couple and then Cominche de Epstein.
She was sentenced to 20 years in prison for recruiting minors for Epstein to abuse them.
