‘Nobody should be above the law’: Gov. DeSantis signs bill to release state grand jury’s Jeffrey Epstein investigation

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday morning is set to hold a news conference at the Palm Beach Police Department.

Common takes over Fort Mose in St. Augustine for Black History Month to kick off Fort Mose Jazz and Blues SeriesThousands of motorcyclists expected to hit the road for 2024 Daytona Beach Bike Week; drivers urged to use extra cautionGhislaine Maxwell‘s sexual assaults of underage girls will be released to the public under a bill that was signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday morning after it was unanimously passed by the Legislature.

The new bill adds that records can be released if subject of the grand jury inquiry is dead or the investigation is related to sexual activity with a minor. Florida’s treatment of Epstein came under scrutiny in 2018 following a series of Miami Herald articles. They detailed the disagreements that surfaced beginning in 2005 among law enforcement officials after teenage girls and young women told Palm Beach police investigators that Epstein had sexually assaulted them. They had agreed to give him massages while semi-nude or fully nude in exchange for money, but they said he would then molest them without their consent.

 

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