A judge in New York on Wednesday denied the government’s request to unseal the documents, noting that the content of grand jury transcripts in the sex offender’s trafficking case “pales in comparison...

The judge said that the papers contained testimony from a single F.B.I. agent and that far more information about the case was held in Justice Department files.

The lack of transparency in the memo only angered Democrats, the public and even members of Trump’s political base.