In a formal request to a federal judge seeking the unsealing of grand jury transcripts from the 2019 investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, who was a convicted sex offender and had longstanding ties to Donald Trump, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi refers to the case as “a matter of public concern.”
According to a report by The Guardian, the motion, submitted Friday in a Manhattan federal court by Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, previously Trump’s personal attorney, stated that the move was spurred by the public reaction to the Justice Department’s July 6 memo.
That memo detailed “an exhaustive review undertaken of investigative holdings relating to Jeffrey Epstein,” conducted with the FBI, aiming to assess whether any basis existed “that could predicate an investigation into uncharged third parties.”
According to the memo’s findings, “no such evidence existed.”
The Trump administration submitted a request to a federal court seeking to unseal grand jury transcripts connected to the case of the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, amid allegations that government officials were concealing documents and information related to his sex-trafficking investigation.
On Friday, Justice Department attorneys filed motions with two judges in Manhattan, where separate prosecutions were conducted against Epstein and his former associate, Ghislaine Maxwell.
(This is a developing story)
(With inputs from agencies)