Jeffrey Epstein had no 'client list,' died by suicide, DOJ and FBI conclude

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 that Epstein blackmailed prominent people as part of his actions or that he was murdered while in custody, according to a memo released July 7 detailing the agencies' findings.

The memo, first reported by Axios , 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 , seemed to confirm there was a list: "It's sitting on my desk right now to review," she said.

But White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in her news briefing July 7 that Bondi's remarks had referred to "the entirety of all of the paperwork" in the Epstein case, not a list of Epstein's clients.

"They committed to an exhaustive investigation. That's what they did, and they provided the results of that," Leavitt said. "That's transparency."

DOJ: No evidence to charge others in connection to Epstein

The Justice Department and FBI said it found no evidence to prompt an investigation into uncharged third parties in the Epstein case.

Despite various conspiracy theories about Epstein's death in federal prison in New York, 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 supported by video evidence of the prison unit where Epstein was housed, the memo says. It 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. ET on Aug. 9, 2019, until around 6:30 a.m. the next morning.

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"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."

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 earlier findings that Epstein harmed more than 1,000 people. Materials reviewed by the FBI included personal details about the victims, including their names, physical descriptions, places of birth, associates and employment history.

Musk renews criticism over new Epstein report

As his relationship publicly imploded with Trump last month, Elon Musk said 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 posts July 7 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.”

As for the Trump administration's promises to release the "Epstein list," Musk later posted, "this is the final straw."

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Bondi has faced pressure from Trump's MAGA base to deliver major 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.

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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