WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Friday released transcripts of interviews its No. 2 official did with Jeffrey Epstein’s imprisoned former girlfriend as the Trump administration scrambles to present itself as transparent amid a fierce backlash over an earlier refusal to disclose a trove of records from the sex-trafficking case.

The Justice Department released transcripts of interviews with Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend, attempting to address criticism of a lack of transparency. This release is seen as an effort by the Trump administration to mitigate political damage amid conspiracy theories and unmet expectations concerning Epstein's sex-trafficking case.

The disclosure represents the latest Trump administration effort to repair self-inflicted political wounds after failing to deliver on expectations that its own officials had created through