A U.S. district judge denied a DOJ request to unseal grand jury records tied to the Jeffrey Epstein investigations that took place in Florida.

A federal judge in Florida has rejected one of the Justice Department’s bids to make public secret grand jury transcripts from the investigation of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. U.S. District Judge Robin Rosenberg concluded she was required to dismiss the department’s request because of longstanding grand jury secrecy rules that include only a few narrow exceptions — none of which she said the Justice Department met in this case.