A federal judge has rejected the Trump administration’s request to release grand jury documents related to the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell , the former aide of disgraced financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein .

The U.S. Justice Department had called for the unsealing of testimony and evidence involving Maxwell and Epstein.

On Monday, Judge Paul Engelmayer said the materials were of no public or historical interest.

“The Court therefore denies the Government’s motion to unseal at the threshold. Contrary to the Government’s depiction, the Maxwell grand jury testimony is not a matter of significant historical or public interest. Far from it,” Engelmayer wrote, adding that a significant portion of the documents the government requested were already in the public domain after being

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