Secrecy of the grand jury evidence lies, in the Epstein case as others, at the core of one of the most important rights vouchsafed in the Constitution.

Donald Trump's administration, seeking to ease an uproar plaguing his presidency, urged two judges to release testimony to a grand jury that indicted Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell on sex trafficking charges.

The grand jury transcripts in Jeffrey Epstein’s and Ghislaine Maxwell’s criminal cases — which the Trump administration is trying to get unsealed in a bid to satisfy demands for more transparency — contain testimony from just two law enforcement witnesses that may do little to answer questions surrounding President Donald Trump’s role in the sordid saga.