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Legal reporter at Politico, covering SDNY, etc. Priors: @CNN, @WSJ. I'm good at weaseling my way to the front of a gaggle. DMs are open.

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RT @kaysteiger: What if we did a monthly vibes report instead?
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Judge Engelmayer's ruling also contains a summary of the evidence presented at Maxwell's trial and sentencing:
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“Insofar as the motion to unseal implies that the grand jury materials are an untapped mine lode of undisclosed information about Epstein or Maxwell or confederates, they definitively are not that,” Engelmayer, an Obama appointee, wrote. “There is no ‘there’ there.”.
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A federal judge on Monday denied the Justice Department’s effort to unseal grand jury material in the Ghislaine Maxwell case, calling the “entire premise” of the government’s move “demonstrably false.”
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RT @rtraister: Andrew Cuomo spent more than $20 million of taxpayers' money to subpoena the phone (& gynecological records!) of the women w….
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Annie Farmer, who testified at Maxwell’s trial, just said on CNN that she sent a letter to @DAGToddBlanche about her concerns. She never received a response. Farmer said she reached out to Blanche after the Maxwell prosecutors told her they had no idea what was happening.
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Epstein and Maxwell victims have balked at the DOJ’s approach, saying it “smacks of a cover up,” calling aspects of it “cowardly,” and arguing that it demonstrates the Trump administration considers the victims “at best, an afterthought.”
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Victims warn that the Trump admin, in its treatment of Maxwell, is on the precipice of undoing the only measure of justice the victims received from a sex trafficking ring that, by the government’s own account, harmed more than 1,000 girls & young women.
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Several victims have sent letters to the judges who will decide whether to grant DOJ’s request to unseal the grand jury materials in their cases.
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Epstein and Maxwell victims have balked at the DOJ’s approach, saying it “smacks of a cover up,” calling aspects of it “cowardly,” and arguing that it demonstrates the Trump administration considers the victims “at best, an afterthought.”
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Several victims have sent letters to the judges who will decide whether to grant DOJ’s request to unseal the grand jury materials in their cases.
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Mr. Cuomo’s bachelor party took place at a Manhattan bar, and Mr. Trump recorded a video testimonial. “Whatever you do, Andrew,” Mr. Trump told the groom-to-be, “don’t ever, ever fool around.”.
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President Trump has urged Andrew Cuomo to stay in the New York City mayor’s race. Here are seven moments when their paths crossed over the years.
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Seems important:. “The hack, which has not been previously reported, is feared to have compromised the identities of confidential informants involved in criminal cases at multiple federal district courts, said the two people”.
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Federal court filing system hit in sweeping hack
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“And in a previously undisclosed call in recent weeks, Mr. Trump spoke about the race directly with Mr. Cuomo, an old associate and foil, according to three people briefed on the call, who were not authorized to discuss it.”.
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The possibility that the president will seek to intercede could inject an element of unpredictability into an already fractious contest.
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“Mr. Cuomo…expressed concern over ‘propaganda and misinformation that has been spread’ over who was responsible for the lack of humanitarian aid” to Gaza.
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Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo appeared to criticize Israel over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Hours later, he distanced himself from his remarks.
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More from Annie Farmer's filing: "To be clear, we do not agree that there is insufficient evidence to support investigations into third parties who enabled Epstein’s and Maxwell’s crimes and participated in them.".
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Epstein/Maxwell victim Annie Farmer supports the unsealing of grand jury testimony, but says of DOJ proposal that "any effort to redact third party names smacks of a cover up."
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ENDORSED LETTER as to Jeffrey Epstein addressed to Judge Richard M. Berman and Judge Paul A. Engelmayer from Sigrid S. McCawley, Counsel for Annie Farmer, dated August 5, 2025 re: Unsealing of Grand...
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Maxwell’s opposition makes it less likely that a judge will agree to unseal any of the material, which would likely add little to the public’s understanding of the matter even if it were to be disclosed.
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Lawyers for Maxwell, a longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, in court papers opposed DOJ’s effort to make the materials public.
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Ghislaine Maxwell opposes DOJ's effort to unseal grand jury transcripts. "Given that she is actively litigating her case and does not know what is in the grand jury record, she has no choice but to respectfully oppose the government’s motion to unseal it."
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RESPONSE in Opposition by Ghislaine Maxwell re: 785 MOTION to Unseal Document .. (Markus, David) (Entered: 08/05/2025)
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In case you were still wondering whether you might learn something new from any unsealed Epstein/Maxwell grand jury transcripts, here's what DOJ said in its court filing last night:
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The Justice Department has an audio recording of the interview it conducted with Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell last month, and the administration is considering releasing a transcript of the interview publicly
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Top Trump administration officials will gather at the vice president’s residence Wednesday evening as they continue to weigh whether to publish an audio recording and transcript of Deputy Attorney...
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