The attorney general plans to ask a court to release the papers. But even if the request succeeds, it would fall far short of critics’ demands to release all investigative materials.

F acing uproar in his MAGA base over the Jeffrey Epstein files, President Donald Trump has called for Attorney General Pam Bondi "to produce any and all pertinent Grand Jury testimony, subject to Court approval" related to the case.

Shortly after Trump's statement, Attorney General Pam Bondi said on X that the Justice Department was ready to move the court on Friday to unseal the grand jury transcripts.