The U.S. Department of Justice said there is no list of clients and there are no new documents in the Jeffrey Epstein case.
Jeffrey Epstein did not keep a “customer list,” the Justice Department said Monday, announcing that while attorney Pam Bondi’s promise raised expectations for targeted influencers and hard-working theorists, there were no more archives related to sexual trafficking investigations by wealthy financiers.
Epstein, who recognized the well-connected, had no list of clients who were trafficked by underage girls represent a public walk of the theory the Trump administration helped promote, Bondy suggested in a Fox News interview earlier this year that such documents “sit on my desk” and ready to be released.
Even though it released videos from inside the New York prison to prove that Epstein committed suicide with certainty, the department said in the memo it refused to release the evidence collected by other investigators.
For weeks, Bondi suggested more material will be revealed as she hyped up President Donald Trump's base for their failure to provide revelation, angering Donald Trump's base.
In February, conservative online figures were invited to the White House and provided adhesives labeled “Epstein Documents: Phase 1” and “Decryption”, but they contain documents that are largely already in the public domain.
After the first release, Bundy said officials were working hard to search for “trucks” of evidence they had rejected before, and she said she had been handed over by the FBI. In a TV interview in March, she claimed that the Biden administration “sits on these documents.” “Sadly, these people don't believe in transparency, but I think unfortunately, I don't think a lot of people believe in honesty,” she added.
But after months of review of the evidence possessed by the government, the memorandum on Monday said the Justice Department determined that “no further disclosure is appropriate or necessary”. The department noted that most of the material was sealed by the court to protect the victims, “only a small part” and “will be broadcast publicly if Epstein was on trial.”
Some conservatives' disappointment
The two-page memorandum carries the logos of the Department of Justice and the FBI, but is not signed by any individual official.
“One of our highest priorities is to combat child exploitation and bring justice to victims,” the memo said. “The unfounded theories about Epstein have left none of these apocalyptics.”
Virginia Giuffre, who accused Prince Andrew of England and other influential men, died in the teenage years of Jeffrey Epstein. Her public relations staff confirmed the 41-year-old committed suicide on her farm in Western Australia on Friday.
Conservatives who asked the government to cover up Epstein's activities and death expressed anger at the department's stance on Monday.
“We're all told there's more. The answer has come and will be offered. Incredibly how totally dissatisfied this Epstein mess situation is.”
“Next, the Justice Department will say 'In fact, Jeffrey Epstein never existed.'” conspiracy theorist Alex Jones wrote, “Elon Musk shared a series of photos of applying makeup on the Joker's X, which seemed to be showing on Mock Bondi to say that the client list was suggested a few months ago did not exist on her desk.
Asked about Monday’s client list, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and Justice Department spokesman Chad Gilmartin said Bondi has been referring to the Epstein profile, not specifically the client list.
The Justice Department said the evidence possessed includes photos and more than 10,000 videos and images that depict child sexual abuse material or “other pornography.” Bondi earlier proposed that the delay in the release of additional Epstein material was partly due to the need for the FBI to review what she called “thousands of records,” she said about Epstein “with child or child porn.”
Participating in Epstein's criminal case and his former British socialite girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell told the Associated Press that they had never seen and were not aware of the recordings cited by Bondi. The prosecution and detention memorandum also claimed videotapes, and neither Epstein nor Maxwell were charged with possessing child sexual abuse material, although it was easier than prosecutors to prove easier than the crimes of sexual trafficking they faced.
Epstein died in 2019
The Associated Press did find references to the discovery of videos and pictures of Epstein’s estate in the filing of a lawsuit that could constitute child sexual abuse, but attorneys involved in the case said the protection order prevented them from discovering details of the evidence.
Monday’s memo did not explain the location of the so-called videos, what they portrayed and whether they were discovered when investigators searched for evidence to collect or were known for some time.
The Justice Department did not respond to a detailed list of questions about the video mentioned by Bondi.
Epstein was arrested on suicide charges and was found dead in his prison cell in August 2019, with the possibility of a trial being removed.
Conspiracy theorists continue to challenge this conclusion, but in 2019, then-Tanil William Barr told the Associated Press that he personally reviewed security videos that showed no one entering the area where Epstein was placed after his death. Barr concluded that Epstein's suicide was the result of “a perfect mess”.
Recently, FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino insisted on television and podcast interviews, there was evidence that Epstein committed suicide.
