Federal Grand Jury Epstein Filing (Aug 2025, OCR)

Case 1:19 - cr -00490 - RMB Document 77 Filed 08/20/25 Page 1 of 14 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , -against- JEFFREY EPSTEIN , Defendant . 19 CR. 49 (RMB) DECISION & ORDER Having reviewed , among other things : (i) the Government's motion , dated July 18 , 2025 , to unseal the grand jury transcripts in United States v. Epstein , and the Government's motion , dated August 8, 2025 , to unseal the exhibits related to the transcripts ; (ii) the grand jury transcripts, date June 1 , 2019 and July 2, 2019 , which together total 7 page ; (iii) the grand jury exhibits (a PowerPoint presentation and 4 pages of call logs); (iv) two letters , dated August 5, 2025 , from attorneys for Epstein victims and two letters from individual victims ; (v ) a letter from the Epstein estate executors , dated August 5 , 2025 ; and (vi) the Opinion & Order, dated August 11 , 2025 , in United States v. Maxwell denying the Government's motion to unseal the Maxwell grand jury transcripts and exhibits , the Court denies the Government's motions to unseal the Epstein grand jury transcripts and exhibits .¹, 2 1 Jeffrey Epstein was indicted on July 2 , 2019 on one count of sex trafficking conspiracy and one count of sex trafficking . Epstein never went to trial as he killed himself on August 10 , 2019 while remanded in Federal prison . See Gov't Letter Mot ., dated Aug. 19 , 2019 (ECF No. 47) . United States v. Maxwell is very much the companion case to United States v. Epstein . Defendant Ghislaine Maxwell went to trial , and on December 29 , 2021 she was found guilty of ( 1) conspiracy to entice minors to travel to engage in illegal sex acts , (2) conspiracy to transport minors to participate in illegal sex acts , (3) transporting a minor to participate in illegal sex acts , (4) sex trafficking conspiracy , and (5) sex trafficking of a minor . 2 The Government filed similar if not identical motions in Epstein and in Maxwell on July 18 , 2025