‘We have nothing to hide’: Records of Jeffrey Epstein cases cleared for release
The grand jury transcripts from federal sex trafficking cases involving Jeffrey Epstein, and Ghislaine Maxwell, have been cleared to be made public.
The Los Angeles Times confirmed that U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith cited a new law specifically authorizing those records to be released in issuing an order.
The Epstein Files Transparency Act was signed into law by President Donald Trump, and compels the Department of Justice, FBI and prosecutors to, by Dec. 19, release the boxes of material that accumulated while investigating Epstein.
The DOJ wants documents from three Epstein cases: a 2006-2007 Florida grand jury review of his actions, his 2019 sex trafficking case in New York, and the 2021 sex trafficking case involving Ghislaine Maxwell, which also developed in New York.
According to a Fox report, the new federal law overrides the Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e) which provides for grand jury secrecy.
The records will be released on the orders of the DOJ.
According to the Gateway Pundit, the new law applies to “unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials that relate to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.”
Congress overwhelmingly supported the bill, and President Trump explained, “We have nothing to hide, and it’s time to move on from this Democrat Hoax perpetrated by Radical Left Lunatics in order to deflect from the Great Success of the Republican Party, including our recent Victory on the Democrat ‘Shutdown.'”
JUST IN: Judge unseals Epstein grand jury records in south Florida. Judge Rodney Smith (Trump) says law Congress passed & Trump signed overrides background grand jury secrecy. Doc: https://t.co/PUcz0JNrWS
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) December 5, 2025
Trump previously has called for action.
“Jeffrey Epstein, who was charged by the Trump Justice Department in 2019 (Not the Democrats!), was a lifelong Democrat, donated Thousands of Dollars to Democrat Politicians, and was deeply associated with many well-known Democrat figures, such as Bill Clinton (who traveled on his plane 26 times), Larry Summers (who just resigned from many Boards, including Harvard), Sleazebag Political Activist Reid Hoffman, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (who asked Epstein to donate to his Campaign AFTER Epstein was charged), Democrat Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett, and many more.”
He continued, “Perhaps the truth about these Democrats, and their associations with Jeffrey Epstein, will soon be revealed, because I HAVE JUST SIGNED THE BILL TO RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES! As everyone knows, I asked Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, to pass this Bill in the House and Senate, respectively. Because of this request, the votes were almost unanimous in favor of passage. At my direction, the Department of Justice has already turned over close to fifty thousand pages of documents to Congress. Do not forget — The Biden Administration did not turn over a SINGLE file or page related to Democrat Epstein, nor did they ever even speak about him.
“Democrats have used the ‘Epstein’ issue, which affects them far more than the Republican Party, in order to try and distract from our AMAZING Victories, including THE GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL TAX CUT BILL, Strong Borders, No Men in Women’s Sports or Transgender for Everyone, ending DEI, stopping Biden’s Record Setting Inflation, lowering Prices, Biggest Tax and Regulation Cuts in History, ending EIGHT Wars, rebuilding our Military, knocking out Iran’s Nuclear capability, getting Trillions of Dollars INVESTED in the U.S.A., creating the ‘HOTTEST’ Country anywhere in the World, and even delivering a HUGE DEFEAT to the Democrats on the recent Shutdown Disaster.”