Trump asks for release of grand jury documents in Epstein case

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Reuters

July 18, 2025 4:57 AM EDT Updated 10 mins ago


WASHINGTON, July 17 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will ask a court to allow the release of grand jury testimony in the case of deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, after some of his supporters reacted in fury to a report concluding there was no evidence to support long-running theories about his case.

"Based on the ridiculous amount of publicity given to Jeffrey Epstein, I have asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to produce any and all pertinent Grand Jury testimony, subject to Court approval. This SCAM, perpetuated by the Democrats, should end, right now!" Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.

Shortly after Trump's statement, Bondi said on X that the Justice Department was ready to ask the court on Friday to unseal the grand jury transcripts.

"President Trump - we are ready to move the court tomorrow to unseal the grand jury transcripts," Bondi wrote.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-asks-release-grand-jury-documents-epstein-case-2025-07-18/

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Heard from a legal analyst on my CBS news radio affiliate this morning indicating that a judge would need to approve that and that might be doubtful.

[yardwork]

1. This is just a lot of posturing.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Everyone knows Epstein was running a sex trafficking ring.

To say the whole thing is a hoax is a huge lie.

[FakeNoose]

9. Chump didn't articulate it correctly

What he meant to say was that HIS INVOLVEMENT with Epstein's shit is a huge lie.

But he's been lying for so many years about everything ... and besides, that he's no lawyer and he can't think like one. So the result is that it doesn't really matter what he says, because nobody believes him anyway.

He's been crying "Wolf!" ever since he got out of college and started working for his dad. I think that's what Roy Cohn taught him.

[ancianita]

3. Even if the judge did, which he likely won't, no grand jury info comes close to what's in the actual Epstein court files

and MAGA country will not fall for this.

[live love laugh]

4. The propaganda machine will equivocate the two.

[gab13by13]

5. If the grand jury testimony is released

it's a good thing for Krasnov that he just fired the lead prosecutor who could verify if it was accurate or know if it was incomplete.

[live love laugh]

6. "Asks"

[kacekwl]

7. And who decides what is

Pertinent ? 3 guesses.

[republianmushroom]

8. We shall see if this comes about.

[Evolve Dammit]

16. The only information we will see is that which does NOT implicate Drumpf in any way. Blondie will make sure.

[republianmushroom]

19. Yup

FBI agents were told to 'flag' any Epstein records that mentioned Trump, Sen. Durbin says

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143497979

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/18/trump-epstein-fbi-durbin.html

They will be whitewashing the orange stain.

[Figarosmom]

10. This after firing

The lawyer on the case really is fishy.

[ancianita]

11. Well, it's now 2 pm EST per her "tomorrow." Still no word whether Bondi team has shown up at the DC District Court.

[LudwigPastorius]

12. Yeah, that isn't exactly a 'client list'.

The evidence would be centered on proving Epstein should be indicted, which doesn't necessarily reveal the names of the clients he "served".

During a grand jury, including the names and full details of every secondary figure might not be necessary to establish probable cause against the individual the prosecutor is seeking to indict.

[twodogsbarking]

13. Meh.

[Karasu]

14. "...supporters reacted in fury to a report concluding there was no evidence to support long-running theories"..."

Let me stop you there, Reuters.

Those "long-running theories" his supporters have are conspiracy theories. They are completely divorced from reality, based on the idea that Dems are a bunch of blood-drinking kiddy diddlers. You are legitimizing QAnon just as much as the GOP has over the last 10 years by describing them this way.

Stop. Normalizing. This. Shit.

[OKIsItJustMe]

15. AP: Justice Department asks court to unseal Jeffrey Epstein grand jury records

https://apnews.com/article/trump-jeffrey-epstein-grand-jury-justice-department-ece8a837f9bd179771f801a765e242e4

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Updated 5:35 PM EDT, July 18, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department asked a federal court on Friday to unseal grand jury transcripts in Jeffrey Epstein’s case amid a firestorm over the Trump administration’s handling of records related to the wealthy financier.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche filed a motion urging the court to release the transcripts a day after President Donald Trump directed the Justice Department to do so.

The Trump administration has been embroiled in controversy since the Justice Department last week announced that it would not be releasing any more evidence in its possession from Epstein’s investigation.

Trump’s demand to release the grand jury transcripts came after The Wall Street Journal reported on a sexually suggestive letter that the newspaper says bore Trump’s name and was included in a 2003 album for Epstein’s 50th birthday.

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[Evolve Dammit]

17. theatre. No judge will release Grand Jury testimony IMHO. Hope I'm wrong but victims can be hurt big time.

[Evolve Dammit]

18. should have added "if not redacted".

[LetMyPeopleVote]

20. Justice Dept. asks court to release Epstein grand jury testimony

This is a stunt which would not include the vast majority of the file on Epstein. First, it is highly unlikely that the court will release these files given the appeal by Maxwell. The material in these transcripts are a very tiny part of the material in the FBI/DOJ possession.

This is a stunt to try to take pressure off trump.

Link to tweet

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/07/18/bondi-epstein-files-documents-grand-jury-testimony-doj/

The Justice Department on Friday asked a federal court to release grand jury transcripts connected to deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein, responding to a growing political outcry over the agency’s unfulfilled promise to release more details on the government’s investigation of his alleged sex-trafficking of minors......

A judge would have to agree to release them, a process that could take weeks or months. Even then, their disclosure is by no means certain. Grand jury records are shielded by secrecy rules to protect crime victims, witnesses and the accused, and are made public only under limited circumstances......

The sealed transcripts would constitute only a fraction of the evidence and investigative material that the FBI amassed during its years-long investigation. The transcripts are unlikely to fully satisfy Trump’s right-wing base, which continues to call for full transparency surrounding the investigation.

“It is generally a very, very small portion of any investigative file,” said Christopher O’Leary, who spent more than two decades as an FBI counterterrorism agent.

The full extent of what remains under wraps is unclear. Thousands of pages of documents related to the Epstein investigation have already been released through lawsuits, court filings, public records requests and the Justice Department’s prosecution of Maxwell......

As recently as last year, the younger Comey had sought in court to keep records pertaining to some aspects of the Epstein investigation under wraps in a suit brought by the gossip website Radar Online seeking FBI records. Comey pushed against making those documents public in a January 2024 court filing, saying it could interfere with Maxwell’s ongoing appeal of her conviction and subject victims and witnesses to “embarrassment and potential harassment.”