Overview
- Maxwell filed papers late Friday in Manhattan federal court to stop the public release of about 90,000 pages from Virginia Giuffre’s defamation case after the Justice Department asked a judge to lift secrecy restrictions.
- Her attorneys argue that Congress’s December statute compelling disclosure of Epstein-related records is unconstitutional because it usurps judicial control over court files.
- The disputed materials include more than 30 deposition transcripts and sensitive financial and sexual information, which Maxwell’s team says the DOJ improperly obtained during its criminal investigation.
- Under the new law, the DOJ has been manually reviewing and posting records in batches, drawing complaints from survivors about exposed identities and from lawmakers about extensive redactions.
- Officials say most records have been released with some awaiting judicial approval, and portions of the Giuffre case files were previously unsealed by order of a federal appeals court.