DOJ, Ghislaine Maxwell and Florida
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Fl., reacts to Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier's social media post offering to help with deporting undocumented exes through an ICE hotline. Cruelty is "not just the point, it's the strategy.
The Trump administration's request to release grand jury transcripts from the Epstein investigation was denied
Judge Robin L. Rosenberg said she could not legally grant the Justice Department’s request to release the testimony of witnesses who appeared before the grand jury.
Trump had directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to release “any and all pertinent" grand jury documents as pressure continues to mount on the administration over Epstein.
This week on The Florida Roundup, we spoke with Gainesville Mayor Harvey Ward about the state’s plans to audit the city in addition to other local municipalities as part of its effort to reduce unnecessary government spending (00:00).
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said his office got a tip from someone whose abusive ex overstayed their visa. The man is now being deported.
Florida's statewide prosecutor has subpoenaed records of a popular restaurant after it hosted an LGBTQ Pride event last month that the prosecutor's office says was open to all ages, even though a recent state law that restricts venues from admitting children to “adult” performances has been blocked by courts.
A federal judge in Florida has denied the Justice Department's request to unseal grand jury material stemming from investigations in 2005 and 2007 into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
DOJ leaders have also asked two federal judges in New York, where prosecutors brought cases against Epstein and his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, to unseal grand jury transcripts. And New York’s federal courts have generally taken a less stringent approach to grand jury secrecy.
An Illinois man was sentenced to spend the next nine years in prison for trying to murder his Florida business partner.