Jeffrey Epstein had no 'client list,' died by suicide, DOJ and FBI conclude
- - - Jeffrey Epstein had no 'client list,' died by suicide, DOJ and FBI conclude
Joey Garrison, USA TODAY July 8, 2025 at 12:44 AM
WASHINGTON ― The Justice Department and FBI say they have found no evidence that Jeffrey Epstein kept a "client list," contradicting Attorney General Pam Bondi's past suggestion that such a list from the convicted sex offender and financier existed.
A review of Epstein materials in the U.S. government's procession also found no evidence Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions or that he was murdered while in custody, according to a memo detailing the Justice Department's and FBI's findings.
The memo, first reported July 6 by Axios and later ABC News, comes after President Donald Trump's supporters have pushed for the administration to release details about Epstein's associates after Trump during the 2024 presidential campaign endorsed doing so.
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Bondi, when asked about releasing an Epstein "client list" during a February Fox News interview, said: "It's sitting on my desk right now to review."
Justice Department officials did not respond to USA TODAY for a request to comment.
Despite many conspiracies about Epstein's death in a New York federal prison, the FBI concluded he died by suicide on Aug. 10, 2019 as initially determined by New York City's medical examiner and past investigations, according to the memo.
That conclusion is also supported by video evidence of the prison unit where Epstein was housed. The memo says the video ‒ which it plans to release publicly online ‒ confirms that nobody entered any of the tiers in Epstein's housing unit from the time his cell was locked at 10:40 p.m. EDT on Aug. 9, 2019 until around 6:30 a.m. the next morning.
"One of our highest priorities is combatting child exploitation and bringing justice to victims," the memo says. "Perpetuating unfounded theories about Epstein serves neither of those ends. To that end, while we have labored to provide the public with maximum information regarding Epstein and ensured examination of any evidence in the government’s possession, it is the determination of the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation that no further disclosure would be appropriate or warranted."
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In this file photo taken on July 2, 2020 a photo of Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein is seen as acting US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Audrey Strauss, announces charges against Maxwell during a press conference in New York City.
The memo says the FBI reviewed more than 300 gigabytes of data and physical evidence during digital searches of databases, hard drives and network drives. It also conducted physical searches of locked cabinets, desks, closets and other areas where materials from the Epstein investigation had been stored.
The Epstein files include large volumes of images of Epstein and victims who were minors or appeared to be minors, according to the memo, as well as more than 10,000 videos and images of illegal child sex abuse material and other pornography.
"Through this review, we found no basis to revisit the disclosure of those materials and will not permit the release of child pornography," the memo says.
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The review confirmed prior findings that Epstein harmed more than 1,000 victims. Materials reviewed by the FBI included personal details about the victims, including their names, physical descriptions, places of birth, associates and employment history.
US Attorney General Pam Bondi, joined by President Donald Trump, speaks on recent Supreme Court rulings in the briefing room at the White House on June 27, 2025 in Washington, DC.Musk renews criticism over new Epstein report
As his relationship publicly imploded with Trump last month, Elon Musk alleged in a social media post that Trump's name is mentioned in the Epstein files and claimed that's the reason the undisclosed classified documents had not been released. Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and a former White House adviser, later deleted the post.
Musk in a series of July 7 posts on X, the social media platform he owns, criticized the Trump administration's claims in its new report. He posted an image that reads, "The Official Jeffrey Epstein Pedophile Arrest Counter," which is set to “0000.”
"This is the final straw," Musk later posted regarding the Trump administration's previews promises to release the "Epstein list."
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Bondi has faced pressure from Trump's MAGA base to deliver big findings in the Epstein files. But after hyping up the release of declassified government files on Epstein, Bondi on Feb. 27 disclosed about 200 pages of documents that implicated no one else in Epstein's orbit other than Epstein, who died in a federal prison in 2019.
The Trump-appointed attorney general in April cited a review of "tens of thousands of videos" as the reason for a delay in releasing additional Epstein documents.
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