The Justice Department sought to unseal grand jury exhibits and testimony from its cases against deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and his convicted accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, but with redactions to protect victims.

Jeffrey Epstein 's former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, wants to keep grand jury records secret in the sex trafficking case that sent her to prison, her lawyers said Tuesday as prosecutors continued urging a court to release some of those records in the criminal case-turned-political fireball.