Summary
A federal judge decided to make records from the 2019 sex trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein public. This decision follows new law changes and responses to requests from the Justice Department about related cases involving Ghislaine Maxwell.
Key Facts
- A judge ruled to unseal grand jury records from Jeffrey Epstein's 2019 sex trafficking case.
- Jeffrey Epstein was arrested in July 2019 and died in a jail cell in August 2019; his death was ruled a suicide.
- The decision to unseal these records was influenced by a new law.
- The judge also recently approved the unsealing of records in a related case involving Ghislaine Maxwell.
- Bipartisan calls have been made to make these records public.
- U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman reversed an earlier decision to keep the records sealed.
