A federal judge on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration's request to unseal grand jury transcripts from the criminal case against sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

District Judge Richard Berman said the government had failed to prove there were any special circumstances that would justify releasing what are normally secret records.

The Justice Department has been seeking the release of the grand jury transcripts to help defuse spiraling anger among President Donald Trump's own supporters over what they have long seen as a cover-up of Epstein's crimes.

Epstein, a wealthy financier with high-level connections, died in a New York jail in 2019 while awaiting trial for sex trafficking of underage girls.

Berman noted that the government holds a trove of Epstein investigation materials tha

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