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The president has been under intense political pressure from his base after Attorney General Pam Bondi withheld portions of investigative files into the disgraced financier.
July 18, 2025, 5:18 p.m. ET
The Justice Department asked a federal judge on Friday to unseal grand jury testimony from the prosecution of the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein as President Trump seeks to dispel a storm of criticism and conspiracy theories coming from many of his supporters.
The request was filed in Federal District Court in Manhattan, where Mr. Epstein was awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges six years ago when he was found dead by hanging in his jail cell about a month after being he was arrested. The New York City medical examiner ruled the death a suicide.
The filing on Friday followed Mr. Trump’s announcement in a social media post Thursday night that he had authorized Attorney General Pam Bondi to “produce any and all pertinent Grand Jury testimony, subject to Court approval.”
Obtaining court approval for unsealing the testimony could be difficult because the records are shielded by grand jury secrecy laws, to protect crime victims and witnesses. Judges rarely agree to grant public access to such materials.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
Benjamin Weiser is a Times reporter covering the federal courts and U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan, and the justice system more broadly.
Luke Broadwater covers the White House for The Times.
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