The White House criticizes the judge for blocked the release of Ghislaine Maxwell Grand Jury Materials

The White House criticized a judge’s decision not to sow Grand jury materials Linked to the sexual trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein, partner Ghislaine Maxwell, calling for the “unhappy” decision.

The press secretary of the White House, Karoline Leavitt, remarked after that the judge of the American district Paul Engelmayer shot down the request filed by the Ministry of Justice, concluding that the documents do not contain “significant information and not disclosed on (their) crimes, nor the investigation”.

“We think that this decision is unfortunate. Of course, we have moved to a this information because the president said he wanted to see credible evidence published. As for the call process, I would refer you to the Ministry of Justice for that,” Leavitt told journalists on Tuesday.

Last month, President Donald Trump said that he had supported the prosecutor General Pam Bondi publishing “credible” files in the Epstein sex traffic case, noting that “she managed her very well, and that will take it from her, whatever she thinks of being credible that she should release”.

The equipment of the Grand Jury of Epstein will not be released after the federal judge denies the mj’s request to a cel

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were both charged with federal accusations of sex trafficking from years of Epstein abuse of minor girls. (Joe Schildhorn / Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

Engelmayer wrote in his 31 -page opinion that only two “characteristics” of the evidence of the great jury were remarkable, summarizing them in his decision:

“First, the big juries in this case were not used for investigation ends,” he wrote. “They did not hear testimonies of any first -hand witness to any event in question. They have heard testimonies of any victim, eyewitness, suspect or even a guardian of files. The great juries met with the daily purpose of returning an indictment.”

The only witnesses were members of the police, and each great jury only heard evidence for a day, he wrote.

Ghislaine Maxwell opposes the court relaxing her transcriptions from the Grand Jury

Maxwell was sentenced in June 2022 to 2022 in the federal prison for his role by helping the girls of Jeffrey Epstein Recrute, Groom and Abuse Minor between 1994 and 2004. (Getty Images)

“Second, the evidence presented before the major juries of Maxwell are today, with very minor exceptions, a question of public file,” continued Engelmayer. “The government has admitted as much.”

In addition to the transcriptions of testimonies of the Grand Jury, the Ministry of Justice also wanted to under the additional evidence presented as exhibitions to the great jurors. They expected what they include more names than what had been publicly associated with them in criminal and civil procedures.

The White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with journalists in James Brady’s press design room in the White House on Tuesday, August 12, 2025 in Washington. (AP / Mark Schiefelbein)

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But Engelmayer also denied the government’s request for exhibitions.

Ashley Oliver of Fox News contributed to this report.