Judge grants Justice Department request to release Ghislaine Maxwell records in sex trafficking case Politics Dec 9, 2025 9:57 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department can publicly release investigative materials from a sex trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell , the longtime confidant of Jeffrey Epstein, a federal judge said on Tuesday.

Judge Paul A. Engelmayer ruled after the Justice Department in November asked two judges in New York to unseal grand jury transcripts and exhibits from Maxwell and Epstein’s cases, along with investigative materials that could amount to hundreds or thousands of previously unreleased documents.

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