{"id":42302,"date":"2024-02-25T13:59:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T18:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=42302"},"modified":"2024-02-25T13:59:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T18:59:04","slug":"desantis-to-sign-epstein-grand-jury-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/02\/25\/desantis-to-sign-epstein-grand-jury-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis to Sign Epstein Grand Jury Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By The News Service of Florida<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday he will sign a bill clearing the way for the release of grand jury testimony about the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/download-2-2.jpeg?resize=259%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42303\" style=\"width:363px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Epstein, a wealthy Palm Beach resident, was investigated by Palm Beach County authorities in 2006 for allegedly sexually abusing young girls at his mansion, leading to a grand jury investigation. Through a deal approved by prosecutors in 2007, Epstein sidestepped federal charges and agreed to plead guilty to two state prostitution charges, including procuring a minor for sex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The House and Senate this month unanimously approved the bill (HB 117), sponsored by Rep. Peggy Gossett-Seidman, R-Highland Beach, and Sen. Tina Polsky, D-Boca Raton. It would expand an exception to a prohibition on the disclosure of testimony or evidence received by a grand jury. Epstein was arrested in July 2019 on federal sex-trafficking offenses involving minor girls, and he was found dead in a New York jail in what was deemed a suicide. The Palm Beach Post filed a lawsuit in 2019 in an effort to obtain a court order to unseal the 2006 grand jury records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By The News Service of Florida Gov. 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