A judge has blocked the grand jury transcripts in the case of paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein from being released.

A Florida federal judge on Wednesday declined to release additional grand jury documents from the criminal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, marking the first roadblock in the Justice Department’s efforts to quell the public backlash over the handling of the case.

Trump had directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to release “any and all pertinent" grand jury documents as pressure continues to mount on the administration over Epstein.

A federal judge in Florida rejected a request from the Trump administration to unseal the grand jury transcripts related to an investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in Florida in the mid-2000s.

A judge on Wednesday rejected a Trump administration request to unseal transcripts from grand jury investigations of Jeffrey Epstein years ago in Florida, saying the request doesn’t meet any of the extraordinary exceptions under federal law that could make them public.

A federal judge in Florida on Wednesday rejected an effort by the Trump administration to unseal grand jury transcripts from the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump’s attempt to quiet growing backlash from his base.

The Justice department petitioned the court last week to release those typically closely held records of the testimony of witnesses who appeared before the grand jury.

The House Oversight Committee ground to a complete halt when Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) chose to recess the Committee instead of addressing a motion to subpoena the DOJ to release the Epstein files brought by Rep.

The president and his subordinates, including Attorney General Pam Bondi, have come under enormous pressure to release further details about the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

The daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. said the White House should make public the files on financier-turned-sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after the Trump administration released thousands of files on her father's 1968 assassination over objections from her and other relatives of the civil rights leader.