Epstein’s former lawyer: Ghislaine Maxwell should get immunity in exchange for secrets
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A Florida federal judge on Wednesday denied a request from the Trump administration to release grand jury transcripts from the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

U.S. District Judge Robin Rosenberg said “her hands were tied” and that she could not release the grand jury material.

“Eleventh Circuit [federal appeals court] law does not permit this Court to grant the Government’s request; the Court’s hands are tied—a point the Government concedes,” Rosenberg wrote in a 12-page opinion.

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Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell attend de Grisogono Sponsors The 2005 Wall Street Concert Series Benefitting Wall Street Rising, with a Performance by Rod Stewart at Cipriani Wall Street on March 15, 2005 in New York City. (Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

The government has also requested a similar petition for transcripts for the 2019 and 2020 investigations into Epstein in New York. 

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche submitted a motion in Manhattan federal court urging a judge to release the transcripts from Epstein’s 2019 grand jury proceedings and those from the prosecution of Epstein’s convicted associate, Ghislaine Maxwell.

Earlier this month, the Justice Department and FBI issued a memorandum describing an “exhaustive review” of their Epstein investigative files. That internal review sought to determine if any evidence could justify charging additional individuals, but it concluded that “no such evidence was uncovered” against any uncharged third parties.

Epstein, 66, was indicted by a New York grand jury in 2019 on sex trafficking charges. Just over a month later, he died by suicide in his jail cell while awaiting trial, and the case was dismissed.

Fox News Digital’s Jasmine Baehr, and Fox News’Shannon Bream and Bill Mears contributed to this report.

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