A United States federal judge has denied a Department of Justice bid to unseal grand jury records from Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking case, stating the government already has plenty of material related to Epstein that it could release if it chose to do so.

The ruling issued by New York Judge Richard Berman on Wednesday follows a similar decision from a judge overseeing the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell , the deceased sex offender’s former girlfriend and a central figure in his web of abuse.

Berman said in his decision that the information available in the grand jury transcripts “pales in comparison to the Epstein investigative information and materials in the hands of the Department of Justice”.

The administration of President Donald Trump has continued to face sharp scrutiny ov

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