ByZachary Folk,
Forbes Staff.
The Justice Department formally asked a judge for permission to release sealed files related to the prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell, the former associate of Jeffrey Epstein who is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking charges, in order to comply with the law requiring the government to release files related to the disgraced financier.
In a letter to District Court Judge Paul A. Engelmeyer, who oversaw Maxwell’s 2021 trial and 2022 sentencing, the Justice Department asked the court to modify a protective order preventing the release of some records from the prosecution.
These include, but are not limited to, financial records, travel records, subpoena and search warrant returns, files from “related civil litigations,” immigration records and photos of “relevant properties and locations.”
