Transcripts of grand jury won’t be unsealed, judge says

NEW YORK (AP) — Transcripts of the secret grand jury testimony that led to the sex trafficking indictment of Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell won’t be released, a judge decided Monday.

Judge Paul A. Engelmayer said in a written ruling the government had suggested the materials could be released publicly “casually or promiscuously,” which would risk “unraveling the foundations o…