A Florida federal judge rejected the Justice Department's bid to unseal grand jury testimony tied to investigations of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The request came as the Trump administration has been under fire for failing to publicly disclose new information about the financier’s sex crimes.

The Second Circuit in 1997 laid out a nine-factor test for judges to consider whether public interest outweighed rules of grand jury secrecy. In this case, observers opine it could come down to opposition from the surviving parties.