Mega Edition: Judge Preska's Ruling To Unseal Documents Is Upheld By The 2nd Circuit (8/21/26)

The Epstein Chronicles · Aug 22, 2026 · 1h 3m

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Judge Loretta Preska’s decision to unseal significant portions of the record from Virginia Giuffre’s defamation lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell, rejecting Maxwell’s attempt to keep the material hidden from public view. The dispute centered particularly on Maxwell’s April 2016 deposition and related court filings, which had been produced during the civil litigation before the case was settled in 2017. Preska ruled in July 2020 that the materials qualified as judicial documents and were therefore subject to a strong presumption of public access…