A Manhattan federal judge turned aside the Trump administration’s attempt to release grand jury testimony in the federal case against late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein Wednesday, calling the effort a “diversion” from the fact the feds haven’t followed through on a promise to release outstanding files on the matter.
US District Judge Richard Berman wrote in a 14-page order that the government failed to demonstrate any “special circumstance” that would permit the unsealing of testimony that led to Epstein’s arrest in July 2019.
Epstein, 66, was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell on Aug. 10, 2019, while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
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