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Two separate federal rulings and partial releases make the simple claim — “an Obama judge is blocking the Epstein files release” — misleading. Multiple judges, including Obama appointees Robin Rosenbe...
A judge did not issue a blanket refusal to release all Jeffrey Epstein-related files; instead, multiple federal judges across different proceedings made balancing public interest against grand jury se...
Multiple federal and state judges have figured in litigation and investigations tied to Jeffrey Epstein over many years; key names in the reporting include U.S. Magistrate Judge Henry B. Pitman (initi...
Federal judges in New York and Florida reversed earlier secrecy and ordered the unsealing of large swaths of Epstein- and Maxwell-related grand jury material and investigative discovery in December 20...
A congressionally mandated push to make the so‑called “Epstein files” public has culminated in a legal order and a fast‑moving trove of material that prosecutors and lawmakers say could illuminate Jef...
Victims and journalists have won partial victories in pressing courts to unseal Epstein-related materials, but success has been mixed and often depended on the forum, the specific records sought, and ...
Two federal judges have separately ruled to keep grand‑jury materials in high‑profile Epstein/Maxwell matters sealed: U.S. District Judge Richard Berman refused a Trump administration bid to unseal Je...
Judge Loretta Preska is related to the Jeffrey Epstein matter; the available materials instead reference other judges and government positions while noting conflicting public claims about sealed files...
The immediate judicial response to the publication of records has been reactive: victims’ lawyers moved judges to halt or remove materials they say exposed victim identities, the DOJ alerted courts it...
Attorneys for hundreds of alleged survivors reacted to the ’s massive document release with urgent legal pressure, accusing the DOJ of “thousands” of that exposed nearly 100 victims and asking courts ...
Federal grand jury materials are ordinarily sealed under long‑standing federal rules that protect and witness privacy, but passed the Transparency Act in late 2025 and multiple judges have concluded t...
By mid‑2019 at least 23 women publicly came forward to give victim statements in a federal hearing before Judge Richard Berman, and federal investigators had interviewed many more victims across separ...
Two federal judges have written opinions weighing whether grand‑jury materials tied to Jeffrey Epstein should remain sealed: U.S. District Judge Richard Berman rejected the Justice Department’s earlie...
Court records and media reporting from 2025 show that many Jeffrey Epstein–related files remain under court seal — notably grand jury materials and large swaths of investigative documents — even as ot...
Federal judges in New York have twice rejected efforts to unseal grand jury transcripts tied to Jeffrey Epstein, citing federal law and the imperative to protect , while other court actions and congre...
No single federal court ordered the Department of Justice to broadly unseal Jeffrey Epstein’s prosecution records in 2019 or later. Courts did unseal specific items—such as the 2019 federal indictment...