Testimony transcripts of Maxwell indictment will not be released – judge

A poster showing Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell (John Minchillo/AP)

Transcripts of the secret grand jury testimony that led to the sex trafficking indictment of Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, will not be released, a judge decided on Monday.

Judge Paul A Engelmayer said in a written ruling that the government had suggested that the materials could be released publicly “casually or promiscuously”, which would risk “unravelling the foundations of secrecy upon which the grand jury is premised” and eroding confidence by persons called to testify before future grand juries.