A judge on Wednesday rejected a Trump administration request to unseal transcripts from grand jury investigations of Jeffrey Epstein years ago in Florida, saying the request doesn’t meet any of the extraordinary exceptions under federal law that could make them public. A similar records request is still pending in New York.

The Justice Department last week asked the judge to release records to quell a storm among Trump supporters who believe there was a conspiracy to protect Epstein’s clients, conceal videos of crimes being committed and other evidence.

The news came down as Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, touted the release of a House report that she claims helps undercut the reality of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Trump has repeated baseless claims that President Barack Obama engaged in treason.

Other news we’re following today:

White House reveals ‘AI Action Plan’: An artificial intelligence agenda that started coalescing on the podcasts of Silicon Valley billionaires is now being set into U.S. policy. Trump on Wednesday is planning to reveal an “AI Action Plan” he ordered after returning to the White House in January and revoking former President Joe Biden’s signature AI guardrails.Trump sets tariff rates for Indonesia, the Philippines and Japan: The president announced the U.S. will place a 19% tax on goods from Indonesia and the Philippines and a 15% tariff rate on goods from Japan. A senior Trump official said Indonesia will charge no tariffs on 99% of its trade with the United States and drop its nontariff barriers on U.S. goods. Trump announced that the U.S. won’t pay any tariffs in the Philippines, but they will pay 19%.Latest on the Epstein files: Speaker Mike Johnson said the House doesn’t need to vote this week on releasing records related to the Jeffrey Epstein case because the Trump administration is “already doing everything within their power to release them.” GOP leadership has also unveiled a resolution that has no legal weight but would urge the Justice Department to produce more documentation.