A federal judge in Florida denied a Justice Department request to unseal grand jury records tied to federal investigations into Epstein, according to a public order released Wednesday.The request is one of three made by the Justice Department to judges in New York and Florida seeking to unseal records from federal investigations into Epstein.

Trump orders the DOJ to unseal grand jury transcripts in the Epstein case, but the move may fall short. NBC News reports the documents won’t include key FBI interviews, evidence, or unredacted names.

President Trump and his allies are desperate to move past the Jeffrey Epstein controversy — but their own words and actions are having the opposite effect. Trump’s decision to sue The Wall Street Journal over an Epstein-related story,

A torrent of negative headlines over the past week about President Donald Trump’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein has left him and Republicans grasping for straws to appease their voters. Literally. On Tuesday morning,

"If the president wants to know what they need to do in order to put an end to this endless, endless conversation about Jeffrey Epstein — release the file." Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen joined Antonia Hylton on The Beat and reacts to The Wall Street Journal's new report that the DOJ notified Trump in May that his name appeared in the Epstein files.