The Justice Department has snubbed Senate Democrats demanding the release of the Epstein files in its latest move to slow-walk the release of any information about the biggest scandal to hit Donald Trump’s second term.

A federal judge in New York has denied a government request to unseal grand jury transcripts from the sex trafficking case involving the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. U.S. District Judge Richard Berman issued the ruling Wednesday in Manhattan, just weeks after the judge overseeing Ghislaine Maxwell 's case similarly rejected the government's bid.

A federal judge in New York who presided over the sex trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein has rejected the government’s request to unseal grand jury transcripts.