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 on Wednesday rejected a Trump administration request to unseal transcripts from grand jury investigations of Jeffrey Epstein years ago in Florida, though a similar request for the work of a different grand jury is pending in New York.

A federal judge in Florida on Wednesday rejected an effort by the Trump administration to unseal grand jury transcripts from the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump’s attempt to quiet growing backlash from his base.