The Justice Department asked two New York judges Friday to unseal grand jury exhibits related to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, an expansion of its earlier ask to make five days of grand jury testimony public.

The moves by Attorney General Pam Bondi to unseal grand jury evidence represent the Trump administration's supposed push to release the “Epstein files,” the subject of much fixation among the president’s base as well as Democrats looking for a pressure point in the MAGA coalition.

However, the administration has faced roadblocks in its bid, even as observers have said grand jury evidence might not produce much new information.

In July, a judge in Florida declined to unseal transcripts related to a criminal case brought against Epstein for sex charges in the early 2000s. Th

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