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Florida Judge Says ‘Hands Are Tied,’
Won’t Unseal Epstein Grand Jury Transcripts

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Posted By: 4250Luis, 7/24/2025 5:14:46 AM

A federal judge has denied the Trump administration’s request to unseal transcripts from Florida grand jury proceedings related to a 20-year-old criminal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, saying her “hands are tied.” U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of Florida Robin Rosenberg wrote in her denial that an unrelated 2020 ruling by the Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals “does not permit” her to unseal grand jury records in instances not covered by the criminal procedure rule, CNBC reported. “Eleventh Circuit law does not permit this Court to grant the Government’s request; the Court’s hands are tied — a point the Government concedes,” Rosenberg wrote.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: 5 handicap 7/24/2025 6:23:39 AM (No. 1981821)
Gotta wonder, or do we KNOW why her hands are tied to protect the many paedophiles in that testamony? Bondi better check Ms Rosenberg's checking Account or maybe her child's.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: chumley 7/24/2025 7:07:26 AM (No. 1981841)
SOMEONE'S hands arent tied. Find out who they are and bribe them more than the deep state did.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: seamusm 7/24/2025 8:49:18 AM (No. 1981900)
That these transcripts were sealed against further/future inquiry is proof that this evidence was such that it could NEVER be allowed to be revealed. But I suspect if it were released now that it would only raise questions about other parties and not on it own lead to other convictions. Truly incriminating evidence by now would have been leaked by grand jury members were it otherwise and the names promnent.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: hurricanegirl 7/24/2025 9:31:56 AM (No. 1981927)
Posters pointed out yesterday that grand jury evidence is always inaccessible, so this judge is doing exactly what she should do!
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Kate318 7/24/2025 11:12:35 AM (No. 1981968)
Some kind of game is being played here. I’m just not sure what it is…yet.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: RobertJ984 7/24/2025 11:44:34 AM (No. 1981982)
An OBAMA nominated judge...... Nuff Said!!
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Reply 7 - Posted by: earlybird 7/24/2025 12:01:15 PM (No. 1981990)
Re #1, no paedophilia was involved. Paedophilia involves children 13 and younger.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: earlybird 7/24/2025 12:04:16 PM (No. 1981992)
Do Courts Have Inherent Authority to Release Secret Grand Jury Materials? https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/LSB/PDF/LSB10201/LSB10201.2.pdf
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Reply 9 - Posted by: earlybird 7/24/2025 12:11:46 PM (No. 1981995)
Re #3, grand jury testimony is, by its very nature, secret. It is not a matter of its heing "sealed". Wasn't this testimony against Epstein? He is dead.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: earlybird 7/24/2025 12:31:45 PM (No. 1982003)
From AP: July 23, 2025: A judge rejects a Trump administration request to unseal transcripts from the Epstein grand jury investigation in Florida but similar requests for grand jury transcripts in the cases against Epstein and Maxwell in New York remain pending. Meanwhile, a House Oversight subcommittee voted to subpoena the Justice Department for files. The full committee issued a subpoena for Maxwell to testify before committee officials in August. https://apnews.com/article/trump-epstein-investigation-records-timeline-545c371ee3dd3142355a26d27829c188
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Reply 11 - Posted by: DVC 7/24/2025 2:57:39 PM (No. 1982039)
Grand jury proceedings are ALWAYS sealed.This is not some special treatment for the Epstein case.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: BarryNo 7/24/2025 4:02:39 PM (No. 1982058)
They are very expensive ropes, too!!
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