US judge denies bid to unseal Epstein grand jury records | Courts News

Federal judge says government already has bounty of documents and material regarding Epstein that it could release.

A United States federal judge has denied a Department of Justice bid to unseal grand jury records from Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking case, stating the government already has plenty of material related to Epstein that it could release if it chose to do so.

The ruling issued by New York Judge Richard Berman on Wednesday follows a similar decision from a judge overseeing the…