(New York) An American federal judge on Tuesday ordered the lifting of judicial secrecy on the proceedings against Ghislaine Maxwell, accomplice of sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein, a case which continues to poison the political life of the country.
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In his decision, New York judge Paul Engelmayer justifies this choice to make public testimony collected by a grand jury, whose confidentiality is normally very protected, by the recent adoption of a law intended to ensure the greatest transparency in this case.
Friday in Florida, another federal judge made a decision of the same type and for the same reason, in the criminal proceedings against Jeffrey Epstein, in which the latter was sentenced in 2008 to a prison sentence.
The law requires the Department of Justice to make public by December 19 all of the unclassified documents in its possession on the New York financier, his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence, and all people involved in the legal proceedings.
This text was adopted by Congress and promulgated by Donald Trump, who initially vigorously opposed it.
Nothing says, however, that these new documents will contain new revelations.
The death of Jeffrey Epstein, found hanging in his cell in New York on August 10, 2019 before another trial for sex crimes, has fueled countless conspiracy theories that he was murdered to cover up a scandal involving high-profile figures.
Donald Trump, who for months promised his base shattering revelations on this issue, disappointed his supporters by urging them to turn the page, now calling the affair a “hoax” used by his Democratic adversaries.
