US court in NY allows release of Epstein-related grand jury documents

December 9, 2025 11:05 PM

US court in NY allows release of Epstein-related grand jury documents

A U.S. judge granted the U.S. Justice Department’s move to unseal grand jury documents in the case involving Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, who is in prison for sex trafficking, a court filing on Tuesday said. U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer cited a recent law passed by Congress in issuing his order and opinion, which he said also allowed the department to modify a related protective order issued in July 2020. The order followed a similar one from a judge in Florida on Frid...

MEA confirms individual in Pannun assassination plot “no longer employee of Indian government”

October 17, 2024 8:23 PM

MEA confirms individual in Pannun assassination plot “no longer employee of Indian government”

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) confirmed on Thursday that the individual named in the US Justice Department’s indictment related to a foiled assassination plot against Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun is no longer employed by the Indian government. "The US State Department informed us that the individual mentioned in the indictment is no longer employed by India. I confirm that he is no longer an employee of the Government of India," MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal announ...