US President Donald Trump administration's decision to seek the release of grand jury transcripts but not Justice Department files comes after a recent article by the Wall Street Journal reported on an alleged bawdy birthday greeting by the president for convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2003, EuroNews reported.

The US Justice Department has requested a federal court to unseal secret documents related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein's case. The Trump administration made the request late on Friday, asking that grand jury transcripts pertaining to the case be made public.

The Justice Department, however, will not release the thousands of pages related to the case in its possession, which do not require approval or a formal process and can be made public immediately, as per EuroNews.