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On December 18, 2023, Judge Loretta Preska of the federal court for the Southern District of New York issued an order unsealing a large number of documents relating to 187 John Does. The identity of the Does, all individuals who are somehow related to the Giufre case, has been kept under seal by the court for years.
While it seems like the public will now finally be able to see at least a portion of records, the public may yet be set for another frustration: Judge Preska froze her order from becoming effective for two weeks, to permit lawyers for the anonymous Does to file objections to the unsealing of the records. The case is Virginia Giufre v. Ghislaine Maxwell.
Dozens of Jeffrey Epstein’s high profile associates are in for a New Year’s surprise as they will be named in court documents set to be released in the first days of 2024.
The photo — believed to be among the first showing Gates with an alleged Epstein victim — was allegedly taken by the shady financier himself at Gates’ Seattle office in March 2014, years after Epstein’s 2008 conviction in Florida for soliciting and procuring a minor for prostitution, the Wall Street Journal reported. In the image, published by the Journal Sunday, Gates is seen smiling and fiddling with the zipper of his dark quarter-zip sweater as a woman identified as a Polish model, then in her 20s, stands erect at his side in a gray jacket and blue scarf with her chest nearly pressed up against him.
On day one, roll out the black book. Not just that. On day one, roll out all the text messages and communications we were told were deleted. On day one, play the rest of the video of the pipe bomber… You need a central node to be continuously declassifying. This is another thing they do, they overclassify — to protect the deep state. We still haven’t seen half of the RussiaGate report that we wrote. Still under lock and key… All of these things there needs to be a continuing central power, all of the requests that come in.. right out the door. As long as it’s not a major threat to national security.”
Judge Preska froze her order from becoming effective for two weeks, to permit lawyers for the anonymous Does to file objections to the unsealing of the records.
In August, 2022 the federal judge overseeing the case, denied Gateway Pundit’s efforts to unseal the documents.
HOWEVER, Gateway Pundit filed an appeal to the federal Second Circuit Court of Appeals, demanding that GP and the public be allowed to access the Epstein Sex Client list.
What happens if their lawyer files to object? I assume they will be omitted from the release?
This is just B.S. Who in their right mind would not get their lawyer to file an objection?
originally posted by: WeMustCare
a reply to: IndieA
I think Kamala Harris asked the judge to keep her name sealed, using "fear of violence" as her reasoning.
originally posted by: chr0naut
a reply to: IndieA
My guess is that, because these people have never been charged with anything in relation to the case, that none of them has done anything wrong.
And I'd also guess that the only reason that the names were suppressed was to protect the innocent from people who would make baseless and false allegations against them - like Gateway Pundit are implying that they will do.
It's a big nothingburger, again.
originally posted by: dothedew
They had to wait this long so they could scrub the list of all of the high profile names that are in the spotlight.
Once the big names, rich investors, and politicians are taken off, they can release a revised list of all of the little guys that will be taking the full brunt.
Just my thoughts.