New court filings have disclosed that only two witnesses testified in the grand jury proceedings against Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Attorney General Pam Bondi revealed that an FBI agent and a New York Police Department officer were the sole witnesses in the New York cases.
The Justice Department, under President Donald Trump, is seeking to unseal the grand jury testimony from both Florida and New York. However, the Southern District of New York requested more information, including whether the witnesses are still alive. Interim U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton confirmed in a Tuesday night filing that both witnesses are alive and still working for their respective agencies.
The FBI agent testified in both the Epstein and Maxwell grand jury proceedings, while the NYPD officer, who served on the FBI's Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force, only testified in Maxwell's case. This means that even if the testimony is unsealed, it would only contain the accounts of these two law enforcement officers.
The filing comes amid public frustration over the Department of Justice's handling of the Epstein case. Earlier in July, the DOJ and FBI released a memo concluding that Epstein died by suicide, that there is no 'client list' of co-conspirators, and that no further charges would be brought. Ghislaine Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence, the only person convicted in connection with the crimes.
Victims of Epstein have been notified of the attempt to release the transcripts and have until Tuesday to object to the disclosure of their names. The Justice Department faces an uphill battle in convincing the courts to make the documents public.
