A federal judge assigned to oversee the Justice Department’s request to unseal Epstein documents has responded with a list of demands.
US District Judge Paul Englemayer, an Obama appointee, responded to the DOJ’s request to unseal grand jury records.
Recall that Judge Englemayer previously blocked DOGE from accessing Treasury records.
Judge Englemayer is now assigned to the Epstein file release case.
Last week US Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche filed a motion asking a federal court to release grand jury transcripts associated with the Epstein cases.
The court documents are related to the 2019 grand jury indictment charging Jeffrey Epstein with sex trafficking offenses and the June 2020 grand jury indictment of Ghislaine Maxwell with numerous offenses related to the trafficking and coercion of minors.
“Since July 6, 2025, there has been extensive public interest in the basis for the Memorandum’s conclusions. While the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation continue to adhere to the conclusions reached in the Memorandum, transparency to the American public is of the utmost importance to this Administration,” they wrote in a court filing reviewed by The Gateway Pundit.
“Given the public interest in the investigative work conducted by the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation into Epstein, the Department of Justice moves the Court to unseal the underlying grand jury transcripts in United States v. Epstein, subject to appropriate redactions of victim-related and other personal identifying information,” they said.
Judge Englemayer made a list of demands in his response to the Justice Department.
Englemayer said he needs more information before he unseals grand jury transcripts:
- The identity of the party seeking disclosure
- whether the defendant to the grand jury proceeding of the Government opposes the disclosure
- why disclosure is being sought in the particular case
- what specific information is being sought for disclosure
- how long ago the grand jury proceedings took place
- the current status of the principals of the grand jury proceedings and that of their families
- the extent to which the desired material — either permissibly or impermissibly – has been previously made public
- whether witnesses to the grand jury proceedings who might be affected by disclosure are still alive; and
- [whether there is an] additional need for maintaining secrecy in the particular case in question
Englemayer also said he needs a letter from Ghislaine Maxwell and the victims by August 5.
The judge also asked for a detailed explanation from the Justice Department related to Maxwell’s grand jury transcript material by July 29.
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