The DOJ was responding to judges' requests for further information about its push to unseal grand jury transcripts related to Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

The revelation was made in a late-night filing that urged a Manhattan judge to unseal the transcripts and release the documents to the public, given the “abundant public interest.”

Grand jury transcripts the Justice Department is asking to unseal from its investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell include testimony from only two witnesses,