DOJ confirms only law enforcement testified in Epstein, Maxwell grand juries

Published July 30, 2025 2:10am ET



The Justice Department revealed late Tuesday that only law enforcement witnesses were called before the grand juries that indicted Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

In a late-night court filing Tuesday, the DOJ said the Epstein grand jury in 2019 heard from just a single FBI agent, while the Maxwell grand jury in 2020 and 2021 heard from that agent and one NYPD detective serving on a child exploitation task force. The department confirmed that neither grand jury received live testimony from Epstein’s victims or any alleged co-conspirators.

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