New Delhi, July 30 -- In a move aimed at addressing mounting public pressure and criticism, US President Donald Trump's administration has asked two federal judges to unseal grand jury testimony in the sex trafficking cases of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. The request comes amid renewed controversy surrounding the late financier's connections and the US Department of Justice's recent acknowledgment that no definitive "Epstein client list" exists.

Late Tuesday night, federal prosecutors filed motions with US District Judges Richard Berman and Paul Engelmayer in Manhattan, urging them to permit the release of confidential grand jury transcripts. Prosecutors argued that the "abundant public interest" in the Epstein-Maxwell case jus...