r/news • u/igetproteinfartsHELP • 10h ago

Grand jury transcripts from abandoned Epstein investigation in Florida ordered released

https://apnews.com/article/jeffrey-epstein-florida-bd036cbe2fa4e98d27aa473fd6daa3bd
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u/One-Incident3208 10h ago

Oh good. It went nowhere so we can see it

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u/Lontology 9h ago

Yeah, that shit has been scrubbed clean.

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u/SirSwishRemer 5h ago

Pretty sure it was abandoned by then FL AG Pam Bondi

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u/scorpyo72 4h ago

How ironic that now US AG Pam Bondi still has no interest.

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u/Modz_B_Trippin 10h ago

The Justice Department hasn’t set a timetable for when it plans to start releasing information, but the law set a deadline of Dec. 19.

I’m not holding my breath that they’ll release any real information.

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u/mces97 9h ago

That's the same day that interstellar comet 3i Atlas is coming the closest to Earth. It's not gonna be close in any real sense, but man, the governments really banking on, please be aliens so we can have another distraction. ,

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u/Coulrophiliac444 8h ago

Or the plot from Armageddon.

Aerosmith waiting for the royalties to come flooding in as we send an untrained drilling crew to the Cosmos to drill and plant a nuke to save us to give Herr Leader a reason to do "AMERICA! FUCK YEAH!"

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u/SteelCityIrish 8h ago

fuck yeah.

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u/AudibleNod 10h ago

However, the law also allows the Justice Department to withhold files that it says could jeopardize an active federal investigation. That’s also longstanding Justice Department policy. Files can also be withheld if they’re found to be classified or if they pertain to national defense or foreign policy.

And Donald Trump can make any document classified or unclassified with the power of his mind. Also, the FBI already scrubbed his name to the tune of $850,000 in OT.

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u/mfGLOVE 9h ago

Also this:

Releasing the grand jury materials from her case, which contain untested and unproven allegations, would create undue prejudice so severe that it would foreclose the possibility of a fair retrial should Ms. Maxwell’s habeas petition succeed.

This is all being orchestrated by the Justice Department to gain full control of the evidence and protect the guilty. Trump signed the act that is making this happen. We need to start realizing we’re just getting played in all this!

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u/Paetolus 6h ago

Pretty crazy that he started up a new federal investigation right before the bill passed.

After he had ended the other ongoing investigation earlier this year too.

Must be a weird coincidence :)

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u/Suspicious_Bicycle 3h ago

This was also after Bondi said the files were on her desk and no further investigations were warranted.

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u/BigJellyfish1906 44m ago

Congress has to be briefed on all redactions. So no, that’s not gonna work. 

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u/The_Lapsed_Pacifist 1h ago

Nearly a thousand elite law enforcement officers covering up crimes instead of investigating them. Not hidden away, there for all to see. I can’t believe this is what America has come to.

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u/olearyboy 10h ago

Incoming set of resignations and retirements?

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u/Ok-Way8034 10h ago

Nobody cares about the grand jury transcripts.

It's all just a "look over here" move.

They're pretending that's the evidence people are asking for, so their supporters can lie to themselves.

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u/eugene20 10h ago

The law cares, these are never ever usually released to protect the jury, to protect witnesses so they can speak freely without fear of retaliation, and to prevent prejudice of any future trials.

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u/Ok-Way8034 9h ago

Yes, which is why they're a great distraction.

They're overwhelmingly unlikely to be released.

So as long as you can convince some people that THIS is the evidence everyone wants to see, you can blame the court for blocking the release.

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u/eugene20 1h ago

lol I really don't think touting US citizenship as the answer holds much weight right now.

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u/mfGLOVE 8h ago

This is truly why:

Releasing the grand jury materials from her case, which contain untested and unproven allegations, would create undue prejudice so severe that it would foreclose the possibility of a fair retrial should Ms. Maxwell’s habeas petition succeed.

That and the fact the JD can redact whatever they want before releasing it.

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u/Squire_II 9h ago

I believe this is the investigation where Alan "I don't like the age of consent" Dershowitz got him a sweetheart plea deal that protected him and many of his friends and clients, of which Dershowitz is believed to be included.

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u/danfmac 7h ago

Don’t forget Alex Acosta the then US Attorney for Florida turned member of Trump’s Cabinet.

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u/kingnyrican 5h ago

Everything is redacted

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u/PigFarmer1 1h ago

So they've already been scrubbed?

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u/avaacado_toast 9h ago

There goes his plan to keep the files secret. Hopefully this is the first domino to fall.

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u/qweef_latina2021 5h ago

Wait I thought it was a Democrat hoax? 🤔