On Wednesday, a New York federal judge denied the Justice Department's request to unseal grand jury transcripts in the sex trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein.

What they're saying:

Berman said the information contained in the Epstein grand jury transcripts "pales in comparison to the Epstein investigative information and materials in the hands of the Department of Justice."

Berman’s decision forecloses the possibility of grand jury testimony being released given that other judges who received the same Justice Department request reached the same conclusions. The court opinions amount to a collective repudiation of the department’s effort to divert attention away from its stated refusal to release a massive trove of records in its own possession and make clear that the still-sealed

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