The Justice Department again asked federal judges to unseal grand jury material from the criminal cases against Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, citing the recently enacted law on Epstein documents.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Monday filed requests with a pair of New York judges overseeing the Epstein and Maxwell cases, who in August rejected DOJ requests to release the grand materials. Late last week, the government also asked a judge in Florida to unseal grand jury transcripts and exhibits from an earlier federal criminal investigation there.

Grand jury proceedings are covered by strict secrecy laws. But the Justice Department under President Donald Trump has tried to win exceptions amid criticism of the administration’s retreat this summer from an earlier pledge to releas

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