A Florida federal judge on Wednesday declined to release additional grand jury documents from the criminal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, marking the first roadblock in the Justice Department’s efforts to quell the public backlash over the handling of the case.

“Because they are terrified of the growing furor over President Trump’s refusal to release the Epstein files,” Ross wrote. “In embarrassment and desperation, they are running for the exits while the American people watch in disbelief.”

A Republican lawmaker insisted Americans have "been over" the Jeffrey Epstein case amid backlash against the Trump administration for not releasing the files.

Speaker Mike Johnson expressed unusual frustration with fellow Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, who is working with Democrats to force the release of the Epstein files.

At a House Democratic press briefing on Tuesday, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) spoke about the decision to recess early to avoid a vote on the Epstein files.

A former US attorney has stated that Attorney General Pam Bondi knew that the district judge presented with the request to publicize the secret grand jury transcripts from the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein would have to deny it.

House Republicans are pointing fingers at the Trump administration, Democrats and each other over the continued fallout from Jeffrey Epstein's case.

The Republican speaker of the House had said last week that the government should release “everything” in the Jeffrey Epstein files, in a rare break with the president that turned out to be short-lived.

Greene made the comments after Trump instructed the Justice Department to release grand jury testimony in the Jeffrey Epstein case, rather than the entirety of its findings.