A federal judge said he would not unseal grand jury transcripts and evidence from the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein – rejecting the Justice Department’s request to make them public.

A U.S. judge denied on Wednesday the Justice Department's bid to unseal records from the grand jury that indicted the late financier Jeffrey Epstein on sex trafficking charges. Manhattan-based U.S. District Judge Richard Berman's decision came as President Donald Trump tries to quell discontent from his conservative base of supporters over his administration's handling of the case.

A judge in New York has denied the Justice Department’s request to unseal transcripts from the grand jury that indicted Jeffrey Epstein.

The DOJ move comes about a month after the House Oversight committee voted to approve the subpoenas in a rare bipartisan effort.

The Justice Department has agreed to provide to Congress documents from the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation

Bill Barr appeared before House Oversight Committee investigators as part of its probe into the federal government's handling of Jeffrey Epstein case.

Donald Trump's former attorney general, Bill Barr, is under oath on Capitol Hill answering questions about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. NBC News' Sahil Kapur has the latest.