A Manhattan federal judge turned aside the Trump administration’s attempt to release grand jury testimony in the federal case against late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein Wednesday, calling the effort a “diversion” from the fact the feds haven’t followed through on a promise to release outstanding files on the matter.

US District Judge Richard Berman wrote in a 14-page order that the government failed to demonstrate any “special circumstance” that would permit the unsealing of testimony that led to Epstein’s arrest in July 2019.

Epstein, 66, was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell on Aug. 10, 2019, while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

Berman’s ruling is the third one issued by three separate judges in a matter of weeks rejecting efforts to unseal grand jury testimony in three Epstein-related cases.

Last week, Manhattan US District Judge Paul Engelmayer similarly denied the feds’ bid to release transcripts in the case of Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of sex trafficking and conspiracy charges in December 2021 and is serving a 20-year prison sentence.

Last month, West Palm Beach US District Judge Robin Rosenberg shot down the Trump administration’s effort to release the grand jury records in Epstein’s Florida child prostitution case, in which a a wrist-slap 2008 plea deal led to him serving 13 months in prison — much of that time on work release.

The case has generated renewed interest after the Justice Department and FBI released a joint memo July 6 determining the disgraced financier committed suicide and did not keep a “client list” of associates who shared his perverted desire for girls as young as 14 — contrary to widespread speculation.

In his order, Berman noted the government has “already undertaken a comprehensive investigation into the Epstein case and, not surprisingly, has assembled a ‘trove’ of Epstein documents, interviews, and exhibits.”

The Trump administration, the judge added, has “committed that it would share its Epstein investigation materials with the public,” making it “the logical party to make comprehensive disclosure to the public of the Epstein files.”

“The instant grant jury motion appears to be a ‘diversion’ from the breadth and scope of the Epstein files in the government’s possession,” Berman wrote.

Berman also warned that the content of the grand jury transcripts could pose a safety and privacy threat to Epstein’s victims and the judge said they weren’t given enough notice to weigh in on the unsealing before the feds made their motion.

The records the feds sought to unseal were 70-pages of grand jury transcripts from hearings on June 18, 2019, and July 2, 2019, as well as exhibits that were shown to the grand jurors at the time.

During the two sessions, a single witness testified before the grand jurors — a FBI agent who recounted what he’d heard from victims and others.

But because the case never went to trial, “most of the Epstein grand jury material did not become public,” Berman explained.

However, the same agent testified before the grand jury that handed up Ghislaine Maxwell’s indictment, and much of that evidence was made public at trial.

“The information contained in the Epstein grand jury transcripts pales in comparison to the Epstein investigation information and materials in the hands of the Department of Justice,” Berman said.

“The Government’s complete information trove would better inform the public about the Epstein case.”