The Department of Justice building in Washington, DC, is seen on July 18. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/File

The Justice Department has asked a federal judge in Florida to reconsider unsealing grand jury materials related to an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, as the agency faces a congressionally-mandated deadline to release all documents related to the accused sex trafficker next month.

A judge in the Southern District of Florida previously denied a request by the DOJ to make public transcripts from the case, which federal prosecutors asked for due to “extensive public interest” but not as part of a judicial proceeding.

Epstein committed many of his crimes in Florida. When a Florida judge denied the DOJ’s original request, she said her “hands are tied” because the Justice De

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