A Florida federal judge on Wednesday declined to release additional grand jury documents from the criminal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, marking the first roadblock in the Justice Department’s efforts to quell the public backlash over the handling of the case.

A judge in Florida rejected the Justice Department’s request to unseal grand jury testimony from disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal case from the mid 2000s—as the Trump administration pushes to release further material from the convicted sex offender’s court cases amid backlash over its earlier decision to hold off releasing all the records in the Epstein files.

Donald Trump's aides were expected on Friday to ask a court to release grand jury testimony about Jeffrey Epstein, as the president fought back against concerns over his administration's handling of the deceased convicted sex offender's case.