Kristy Cossett

[Anonymous @OpDeathEaters]

A federal judge just ruled that Ghislaine Maxwell’s Epstein grand jury records must be made public, rejecting every objection she raised. Congress’s Epstein Files Transparency Act overrides grand jury secrecy rules. #OpDeathEaters

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Federal grand jury material from the prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell must be released to the public, a New York judge ruled on 11 August, rejecting every objection Maxwell raised to keeping it sealed.
U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska found that the Epstein Files Transparency Act overrides the secrecy orders that have covered the material since Maxwell's 2021 conviction, and that the statute establishes the compelling need federal courts require before grand jury material is opened.

Maxwell's filings against disclosure amounted to "a veritable kitchen sink of objections," Preska wrote, running through procedural, statutory and constitutional grounds, all of which she found meritless. Release will carry the victim-protecting redactions the Act authorises.

What comes out
Grand jury subpoenas and material gathered by the government during the federal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein fall within the order, together with depositions taken from Maxwell in April and July 2016 in the civil defamation case Virginia Giuffre brought against her.

Prosecutors built two perjury counts in Maxwell's federal indictment on those 2016 depositions, charging her with lying under oath when she denied knowing about Epstein's recruitment and abuse of girls. The counts were later dismissed.

Records held by the law firm Boies Schiller Flexner, which represented Giuffre, are covered by the ruling.
Giuffre died in April 2025. Her allegations against Prince Andrew, which he has denied, cost him his royal titles and, on 18 February 2026, brought his arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office over the alleged sharing of confidential documents with Epstein.

The statute against Rule 6(e)
Grand jury secrecy in the federal system runs on Rule 6(e) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, which permits disclosure only in narrow circumstances and has historically defeated attempts to open Epstein-related material. Two federal judges refused Justice Department applications to unseal Epstein and Maxwell grand jury records in 2025 on exactly that ground.

Public Law 119-38 changed the calculation. Signed on 19 November 2025, it directs the Attorney General to publish all unclassified Justice Department records on Epstein and Maxwell, permits withholding only for victim identity, child sexual abuse material, active investigations, images of death or injury and classified national security material, and expressly bars withholding for embarrassment, reputational harm or political sensitivity.

Preska's reading treats the Act as a congressional finding of public need that displaces the earlier secrecy orders rather than as a request the court may weigh against them.

Maxwell's position
Maxwell is serving 20 years, imposed in June 2022 after a jury convicted her in December 2021 on rape trafficking and conspiracy counts for recruiting and grooming girls for Epstein.

She was moved from a federal prison in Florida to a minimum security federal prison camp in Texas in the summer of 2025, after two days of interviews with Todd Blanche, then Deputy Attorney General and now Attorney General. A Bureau of Prisons whistleblower has since given House Judiciary Democrats evidence of preferential treatment at the camp.

Maxwell filed an application for commutation with the Trump administration in November 2025. Her Supreme Court appeal was rejected in 2025.
Appearing under subpoena at a House Oversight Committee deposition on 9 February 2026, Maxwell invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer.

Her lawyer David Oscar Markus said afterwards: "Maxwell is prepared to speak fully and honestly if granted clemency by President Trump." Her legal team has said she could explain why Trump and Bill Clinton are innocent of wrongdoing in connection with Epstein.

The Senate vote
The Senate adopted a resolution opposing any pardon or commutation for Maxwell on 29 July 2026, by unanimous consent, with no senator objecting. Senator Jacky Rosen brought it.

"Sexual predators should not be afforded preferential treatment," Senator Jack Reed said of the administration's handling of Maxwell.

Unanimous consent means no Republican senator objected, six days before the Judiciary Committee advanced Blanche's nomination on 4 August and 10 days before he won a floor vote 50 to 49.

Senate resolutions of this kind carry no legal force. Presidential clemency is not reviewable by the courts, and Trump could commute Maxwell's sentence at any point, including after the grand jury material becomes public.

[Willie Ross Jr. Knee Deep @RossKneeDeep]

I still dont know how this wasn't the end for this guy.

[Damaan, AKA 'Philly's Finest!' @Damaan4u33]

This is where Trump got his idea for a Triumphal arch.

It's got nothing to do with us needing one.

Trump continues to mimic things from the only book that he's half-read: This idea's from his idol's autobiography, Hitler's "Mein Kampf"

Don't believe him.

[NewsWire @NewsWire_US]

Austin city councilman says ICE agent side-swiped man’s car, then shot driver five times through windshield. — CBS Austin

[Kristy Cossett @CossettKristy]

@GOP

[MP Arizona☀️🏳️‍🌈💙🌵🐕🐕‍🦺🫂💦🏜🐟🌴🎙🌎🌻♍️🌊 @AzPetrich]

Trump says, "the Press" is the enemy of the people.

Guess who else said the same exact thing?

Hitler, Stalin, and Mousolini.

[Kristy Cossett @CossettKristy]

@GOP @Linda_McMahon Liars!

[John Harwood @JohnJHarwood]

they just make stuff up

[Kristy Cossett @CossettKristy]

@GOP @RNC @Franklin_Graham @greta

[MAGA Cult Slayer @MAGACult2]

That Russian oligarch that paid for Don Junior‘s wedding is behind the kidnapping of 20,000 Ukrainian children to Russia. Kind of puts sharp focus into your Hunter’s laptop BS, doesn’t it?

[Bridgett Fertig @LightOnLiberty]

As their bosses, We, The People just can’t afford these congress members anymore.

We can’t afford to pay their salaries, healthcare, housing allowances and food allowances.

We're going to have to let most of them go.

[Hayley X 😉 @tindale_hayley]

The weirdest thing about Lauren Blowbert being Bi-Sexual is that Donàld Trùmp is in the Epstèin files approximately 38,000 times and still hasn’t been pròsecuted .

[Kristy Cossett @CossettKristy]

@GOP Vote Blue! @RNC
@POTUS @realDonaldTrump @VP @JDVance Losers! Incompetent!

[Dominic Michael Tripi @DMichaelTripi]

Damage control talking points have been issued.

[Kristy Cossett @CossettKristy]

@GOP @RNC @Franklin_Graham @BillyGraham @SenateGOP @WhiteHouse @FoxNews @foxnewspolitics @HouseGOP

[Damaan, AKA 'Philly's Finest!' @Damaan4u33]

Answer: YES!!!

[Grandma Cami @CameronWallin]

When you hide something this far and wide, something terrible happened in the #HouseOfEpstein - Horrific #Abuse, #Rape, a child Died - it reaches into The White House...
- and the @GOP #Congress is #Complicit.

🙏💔And may God Rest the little soul that Trump dumped into the icy waters of Lake Michigan.
The same man who killed Roe v. Wade.
🚨All under the approving eye of the @GOP.
#GirlFromKansasAndTexas

[💕 Brittany Belle 💕 @BrittanyinTexas]

Kudos to EVERYONE protesting at the Kennedy Center. THIS is democracy. 👏

John F. Kennedy’s legacy belongs to America, not Donald Trump’s bottomless ego. TINY HANDS OFF, DONALD. ✊

[Power to the People ☭🕊 @ProudSocialist]

Donald Trump just told Fox News he is either going to “wipe Iran out, let them rot economically, or make a deal.”

He then went on to say if they don’t behave he will “blow the entire nation up.”

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭.

[Kristy Cossett @CossettKristy]

@RNC @GOP Everything he touches! THINK! Gas, groceries, housing, economy, law and order, our world reputation, Kennedy Center, Whitehouse, National Parks, endangered animals and the list goes on! Protect America- VOTE BLUE! @senateGOP do your job!!

[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

All that taxpayers money Trump spent on these alleged renovations and this is what we got for all that money. You can’t get anywhere near the White House now because there’s fence completely surrounding it and the whole area looks like a deserted construction area.

[Congressman Greg Casar @RepCasar]

The horror has come to our city: ICE has shot a person in Austin this morning.
As the facts emerge, I am demanding a full, independent investigation, immediate release of the body camera footage, and accountability for any ICE officer who broke the law.
Over and over, ICE has shot people and then lied about what happened. We can see the lies with our own eyes. We will demand truth, transparency and accountability.

[Kristy Cossett @CossettKristy]

@GOP - AGAIN !

[Reich-Wing Watch @ReichWingWatch]

🚨Another MAGA man just got exposed as a child predator, and this time a jury made it official.

Daniel Lee Grier of Athens, Georgia was found guilty this week on one count of aggravated s*xual battery and three counts of child m*lestation.

The charges involved incidents from 2022 and 2024, both involving a victim who was under 10 years old at the time.

Grier was sentenced to life in prison, with the first 25 years to serve for the aggravated s*xual battery conviction. On top of that, he got 40 more years to serve for the child m*lestation counts.

Grier’s not a drag queen, transgender, a Muslim, or undocumented immigrant. Instead, he appears to be the usual suspect. Before his arrest, Grier posted a photo of Trump 2024 flags flying off his truck, writing: “Happy Independence Day to everyone.”

This story is unlikely to generate national headlines given his background. When there’s no minority to demonize, stories like these remain buried in local coverage.

Make sure this case gets the exposure it deserves. 🔁

[Kristy Cossett @CossettKristy]

@GOP

[Jamie Bonkiewicz @JamieBonkiewicz]

44 days until Election Day, vote this spineless fascist Keebler elf out. Make him lose his job.