DOJ says there is no “Epstein Client List”

Trump appointees leading the Justice Department are backtracking on a promise to open up the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, attempting to shut down long-simmering questions and conspiracies they once promoted.

Officials said Monday that after an “exhaustive review” they had found no “incriminating client list” or additional documents that warrant public disclosure. The FBI also confirmed a medical examiner’s finding that Epstein killed himself in jail in 2019 while awaiting a trial on sex trafficking charges.

The conclusions are included in a two-page memo outlining the “exhaustive review” the department conducted of the Epstein files in its possession. The memo also states that after a “thorough investigation,” the FBI found that Epstein died by suicide, which aligns with previous department conclusions.

The findings contradict past statements from Attorney General Pam Bondi about an alleged list of Epstein clients. And it’s unclear if the memo will tamp down on the continued public skepticism about Epstein’s case, particularly his suicide.

Bondi has long promised to release documents from the Epstein investigation. She made public a small batch of files in February, and said the move was part of the administration’s “commitment to transparency and lifting the veil on the disgusting actions of Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators.”

That same month, she told Fox News in an interview that Epstein’s client list was “sitting on my desk right now to review.” The White House was grilled by reporters Monday about Attorney General Pam Bondi’s remarks, which appeared to contradict a memo the DOJ and FBI released earlier in the day stating that their Epstein review was complete and that they had nothing further to share with the public about it.

Fox News’s Peter Doocy asked White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt about Bondi apparently confirming in February that a nonpublic list of Epstein’s sex-trafficking clients existed.

“She was saying the entirety of all of the paperwork, all of the paper, in relation to Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes, that’s what the attorney general was referring to, and I’ll let her speak for that,” Leavitt said.