unseal
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Washington officials also noticed that Clayton separately didn’t sign his name to an initial filing asking a judge to unseal grand-jury materials related to Jeffrey Epstein.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
The judge has announced that he would unseal court records related to the defence's plan, according to CBS.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
It also seeks to unseal the FBI's affidavit used to obtain the warrant from a federal magistrate judge.
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026
In order to unseal the Epstein documents, Congress was waiting for one last signature to put the matter to a vote.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025
First he needed to unseal with the wheel, then he needed to yank the handle.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
His attorney, Stacey Hegge, argued that Sanford should be able to inspect and participate in redacting the affidavits before the circuit court unseals them, to avoid any disclosure of trade secrets.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2023
Justice Department unseals charges against Huawei, Meng and several of the companies’ subsidiaries, alleging not only violation of trade sanctions but also the theft of trade secrets.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 29, 2019
September 2005: A judge unseals the Philadelphia grand jury report.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 14, 2018
He pledged Thursday not to release the alleged victims’ names or identifying information if he unseals the records.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 9, 2016
Mr. Dimming unseals the official test and opens to the first page.
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
The court records were unsealed this month after ProPublica moved to make them public, with the help of attorneys from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the law firm Shaw Keller.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026
This week, unsealed documents show she’s been charged with acting as an illegal foreign agent of China.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
An Indian national, Radhakrishnan Karthik Nair, 47, who worked for both companies as technical superintendent for the ship, the M/V Dali, is also named in the indictment unsealed on Tuesday.
From Barron's ● May 12, 2026
A federal judge on Wednesday unsealed a purported suicide note from Jeffrey Epstein.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
He had unsealed the fireplace and kept it laid with pine logs.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
Fulton County officials filed a lawsuit demanding their return and District Judge JP Boulee, a Trump nominee, ordered the unsealing on Tuesday of the search warrant affidavit used to justify the seizure.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
Its motion also asks for the unsealing of a law enforcement agent’s sworn statement that was presented to the judge who approved the search warrant, the county chairman, Robb Pitts, said Wednesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
Federal judges in New York and Florida have already started authorizing the unsealing of grand jury transcripts and exhibits under the new statute, including in Maxwell’s 2021 case.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2025
The order to publish the materials followed a similar ruling from a judge in Florida on Friday, which allowed for the unsealing of documents related to the state's investigation against Epstein that began in 2005.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025
She had taught him all her lore in herbals and healing, and all she knew of the crafts of finding, binding, mending, unsealing and revealing.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
