The Trump DOJ asked Manhattan judges to unseal grand jury records in the Epstein and Maxwell cases, citing public interest and the need for transparency.

In a court filing, officials again urged the court to release the records, citing huge public interest, but they also sought to assure the judges that making them public wouldn't harm victims of the couple's crimes.

Donald Trump's administration, seeking to ease an uproar plaguing his presidency, urged two judges to release testimony to a grand jury that indicted Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell on sex trafficking charges.