Epstein Judge Moves to Shield Victim Privacy After Names Exposed

The New York judge who oversaw the sex trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein ordered the US Justice Department to take new precautions to protect the privacy of victims after some women’s names were made public when Congress released a trove of documents.

Late Wednesday, US District Judge Richard Berman directed DOJ to privately show him all information it is seeking to make public if he agrees to grant the department’s request to unseal material from the grand jury that indicted Epstein in 2019. He set a Monday deadline for DOJ to provide “a detailed description of the privacy process, including ...