一名佛罗里达州法官根据新的透明度法下令释放Epstein大陪审团记录,等待在12月19日前对受害者隐私进行编辑。 A Florida judge ordered release of Epstein grand jury records under a new transparency law, pending victim privacy redactions by Dec. 19.

佛罗里达州一名联邦法官以新的《Epstein透明度法》为例,下令公布2000年代废弃的对Jeffrey Epstein和Ghislaine Maxwell的调查的大陪审团记录,该法推翻了联邦保密规则。 A federal judge in Florida has ordered the release of grand jury transcripts from the abandoned 2000s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, citing the new Epstein Transparency Act, which overrides federal secrecy rules. 这项裁决是三项预期裁决中的第一项,允许披露未保密记录,尽管司法部必须编辑敏感信息以保护受害者。 The ruling, the first of three expected, permits disclosure of unclassified records, though the Justice Department must redact sensitive information to protect victims. 司法部的释放可以说明为什么联邦检察官在多年的法律斗争和公众要求透明度的压力之后, 撤回了对争议性非起诉协议的指控。 Set to comply by December 19, the DOJ’s release could shed light on why federal prosecutors dropped charges in favor of a controversial non-prosecution agreement, following years of legal battles and public pressure for transparency.