Grand jury transcripts the Justice Department is asking to unseal from its investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell include testimony from only two witnesses,

Just two witnesses, both law enforcement officials, testified before the federal grand juries that indicted Jeffrey Epstein and his former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell on sex trafficking charges,

The Department of Justice emphasized "public interest" in their push for the release of the grand jury transcripts from the Epstein case. MSNBC Legal Correspondent Lisa Rubin, New York Times Chief White House Correspondent Peter Baker,