
This undated trial evidence image obtained December 8, 2021, from the US District Court for the Southern District of New York shows British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell and U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein. — AFP
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NEW YORK: The Trump administration on Tuesday night urged two federal judges to eliminate the testimony of the grand jury on sexual trafficking matters related to the late Financeer Jeffrey Apstine and the British Socialite Goshin Maxwell, as the pressure on handling the issue increases.
According to court documents, the Justice Department initially requested permission from the Grand Gurys to release secret witnesses from the Grand Jury, which indicated both Eptin and Maxwell. However, US District Judges Richard Burman and Paul Angel Mayor, who are based in Manhattan, sought further explanation of the legal grounds for this request.
In two files submitted just before midnight, the federal prosecutor argued that this content should be made public in the Epastin case for a permanent scrutiny about the “sufficient public interest” and the management of federal law enforcement agencies.
The Epastin case has been the focus of conspiracy theories for years. Trump has been facing pressure from federal investigations in Apstine and Maxwell in recent months to create public documents.
Apstine executed himself in 2019, a post -mortem concluded, while waiting for a case of sexual trafficking allegations brought by the federal prosecutor. He requested not to be guilty. Maxwell, Apstine’s longtime girlfriend, was sentenced in 2021 on charges of sexual trafficking and has been sentenced to 20 years in Florida. Maxwell had requested not to be guilty and is now asking the US Supreme Court to end her sentence.
Trump had said this month that he had asked Attorney General Palm Bondi to release the grand jury transcript in both cases. The President concluded that after the Justice Department, it was concluded that Apestin had died of suicide and there was no harmful list of his clients.
The announcement of the Justice Department has incited some of Trump’s conservative supporters who believe that the government is fulfilling relations with the rich and the powerful of Apestine, and that the financing was murdered in jail.
Grand jury meets by prosecutors and secretly met to hear the witness’s testimony and decide whether people should be charged on suspicion of crime. Their records of action are usually sealed. There are only limited conditions under which such copies can be displayed.
Even if one or both of them allow the copy of judges to be normalized, it is not clear whether the public will learn something new or notable. The four -week trial of Maxwell in 2021 included public testimony from the alleged sex smuggling victims, Apstine and Maxwell’s colleagues, and law enforcement officers.
The copies will also not represent all the unauthorized content under the government. Investigators and prosecutors may pursue Leeds that they cannot prove or interview potential witnesses, which they do not eventually call to testify before a grand jury.
On July 23, US District Judge Robin Rosenburg in Florida denied the administration’s request for a non -recorded administration from the Grand Jury Investigation in Ephesian in 2005 and 2007. The judge found that the application could not be found in any limited exception that could allow the release of such content.
Apestin, in 2008, was convicted of prostitution charges brought under Florida law and was sentenced to 13 months in a contract with the prosecution, which is now widely considered very soft.
Deputy US Attorney General Todd Blanche, a former Trump personal lawyer, met Maxwell last week to find out that he had any information about others who had committed crime. Maxwell’s lawyer David Marks and Billench have not provided detailed accounts for their debates.