| As DOJ Seeks
to Meet Maxwell Her Bid to See Grand Jury
Transcripts Denied by SDNY Judge
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
July 23 – Past 5 pm on July 18
DOJ's Todd Blanche filed in
SDNY asking to unseal the
grand jury transcripts of
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine
Maxwell.
Blanche
wrote "the privacy interests
at stake on the other side of
the balance are substantially
diminished due to Epstein’s
death. Of course, as noted
above, the Department of
Justice will work with the
United States Attorney’s
Office for the Southern
District of New York to redact
all victim-identifying
information prior to any
release. 6. For these reasons,
this Court should conclude
that the Epstein and Maxwell
cases qualify as a matter of
public interest, release the
associated grand jury
transcripts, and lift any
preexisting protective
orders."
A similar request
as to Ghislaine Maxwell as
filed, first with Judge
Nathan, reassigned to Judge
Engelmayer. He and Judge
Berman set a schedule,
including victims' filings by
August 5.
Meanwhile
Todd Blanche reached out to
Maxwell's counsel, who wrote
in asking to set her
transcripts, with the
concurrence of Blanche.
On July 23 Judge
Engelmayer denied Maxwell's
request, saying if after
review he thinks he could
benefit from her views he
could give her or her counsel
extracts.
Inner City Press is on the
case, noting on July 14 DOJ's
opposition to Maxwell's appeal
-
"that Epstein’s
nonprosecution agreement with
the U.S. Attorney for the
Southern District of Florida
barred petitioner’s
prosecution by the U.S.
Attorney for the Southern
District of New York. That
contention is incorrect" -
after having
asked Maxwell herself question
when she did a press
conference in the UN. After
that, Inner City Press was
banned from the UN by SG
Antonio Guterres. His
spokesman Stephane Dujarric on
July 14, 2025 refused to
answer written questions,
including:
On deadline,
explain why Ghislaine Maxwell
was granted a press conference
in the UN briefing room, and
why a UN correspondent who did
a fundraiser with Ghislaine
Maxwell - convicted of sex
trafficking here in SDNY, and
known at the time to be
manager for Jeffrey Epstein -
is allowed in daily and can
ask questions, while Inner
City Press which asked and
asks remains banned, with
6/19/25 application to MALU
pending, none of the promised
(by Dujarric) answers to
written questions like this
provided
No answers.
On April 19, 2022 U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Loretta A. Preska held a
proceeding to unseal some but
not all documents. Inner
City Press, which has
published a book on the
Maxwell trial here,
and another book including the
Larry Ray trial "John
list" here, live tweeted
it, thread here:
173-6 it
will be sealed [or redacted.]
Jump cut to April
25, 2025, with Virginia
Giuffre declared dead,
reportedly by suicide. A
redacted life. Rest in Peace.
Inner City Press
continues reporting on the UN
(where Ghislaine Maxwell was
allowed a press conference and
SG Antonio
Guterres had a rep on
her Terramar board
(video here,
story here).
On June 19, 2025 Inner City
Press applied to re-enter the
UN to ask these questions, here.
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