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A federal judge in New York refused a request from President Donald Trump’s administration to unseal the grand jury transcripts in the case of Ghislaine Maxwell, an associate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Judge Paul Engelmayer of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Monday swiftly denied the Justice Department’s request to unseal the grand jury transcripts and exhibits in Maxwell’s case, saying the government failed to cite any “special circumstance” that would warrant their release.

“The Government’s invocation of special circumstances, however, fails at the threshold,” Engelmayer wrote. “Its entire premise — that the Maxwell grand jury materials would bring to light meaningful new information about Epstein’s and Maxwell’s crimes, or the Government’s investigation into them — is demonstrably false.”

The decision comes after Trump asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to produce “any and all pertinent” grand jury transcripts in the criminal cases of Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein in a bid to tamp down further conspiracies over the government’s botched handling of the so-called “Epstein Files.”

The Trump administration has faced fallout ever since the DOJ released a memo last month that contained little new information. The memo concluded that no further investigation was warranted into the late sex offender’s alleged sex trafficking schemes, sparking backlash from Trump’s base, many of whom have taken a vested interest in unveiling other associates of Epstein.

Maxwell, 63, is serving a 20-year sentence for her role in a scheme to abuse and exploit girls for Jeffrey Epstein. The billionaire financier and convicted child sex offender died by suicide in his Manhattan jail cell while awaiting trial.

It was unclear how much the transcripts would have revealed had they been released. The Justice Department acknowledged that it contained no testimony from witnesses outside of law enforcement. Experts have also said that these documents only account for a small fraction of the files related to the investigations.

Attorneys for Maxwell had hoped the transcripts would remain sealed as she continues to make appeals to the Trump administration to lessen her prison sentence.

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