‘BLACK SPOT ON OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM’: Ron DeSantis Signs Legislation to Release Epstein Docs

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The Daily Signal

Tyler O'Neil

February 29, 2024

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Thursday that will authorize the release of certain documents related to financier and convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

“There needs to be a mechanism in some of these rare circumstances where people can get the truth,” DeSantis, a Republican, said before signing HB 117, titled Disclosure of Grand Jury Testimony, during a Palm Beach news conference.

HB 117 will amend Florida statute 905.27 to give courts discretion to authorize disclosure of grand jury testimony in some cases where it furthers a public interest, such as the Epstein case involving underage girls. The Florida House and the Florida Senate unanimously passed the measure earlier this month.

The legislation is limited to cases in which a suspect is dead and the crimes involve sexual behavior with minors.

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