Epstein had no ‘client list’, died by suicide, US Justice Department says

The government’s admittance astir enactment offender signals a retreat from a communicative erstwhile pushed by President Trump’s administration.

A United States authorities reappraisal has recovered nary grounds that enactment offender Jeffrey Epstein kept a concealed lawsuit list, and reaffirmed that helium died by termination successful national custody successful 2019, undercutting years of conspiracy theories.

The acknowledgement that Epstein did not support a database of clients who received underage girls marks a wide retreat from a communicative erstwhile promoted by members of US President Donald Trump’s administration. Earlier this year, Attorney General Pam Bondi adjacent claimed successful a Fox News interrogation that specified a papers was “sitting connected my desk”, awaiting her review.

The memo, released connected Monday by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI, stated that a “systematic reappraisal revealed nary incriminating ‘client list’.” It besides recovered nary credible grounds that Epstein blackmailed salient figures, oregon grounds to prosecute investigations against uncharged 3rd parties.

“After a thorough investigation, FBI investigators concluded that Jeffrey Epstein committed termination successful his compartment astatine the Metropolitan Correctional Center successful New York City connected August 10, 2019,” the memo said. “This decision is accordant with erstwhile findings, including the August 19, 2019 autopsy findings of the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, the November 2019 presumption of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York successful transportation with the probe of national correctional officers liable for guarding Epstein, and the June 2023 conclusions of DOJ’s Office of the Inspector General.”

It concluded by saying that “no further disclosure would beryllium due oregon warranted”.

The Justice Department besides released 10 hours of surveillance footage from the Metropolitan Correctional Center successful New York. The footage revealed that nary 1 entered Epstein’s compartment connected the time helium died by suicide.

‘We were each told much was coming’

Conservatives who person sought impervious of a authorities cover-up of Epstein’s activities rapidly expressed outrage astatine the announcement.

Far-right influencer Jack Posobiec posted: “We were each told much was coming. That answers were retired determination and would beryllium provided. Incredible however utterly mismanaged this Epstein messiness has been. And it didn’t person to be.”

Separately, erstwhile Trump ally, billionaire Elon Musk, shared an representation of a scoreboard reading, “The Official Jeffrey Epstein Pedophile Arrest Counter”, which was acceptable astatine zero.

On June 5, Musk claimed that Trump appeared successful the Epstein files and aboriginal posted a video connected X showing Trump astatine a enactment with Epstein. These posts, present deleted, were portion of an ongoing feud betwixt Musk and Trump linked to Trump’s caller tax cuts and spending bill.

What’s the time? Oh look, it’s no-one-has-been-arrested-o’clock again … pic.twitter.com/CO9xJz68Tf

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 7, 2025

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones wrote, “Next the DOJ volition accidental ‘Actually, Jeffrey Epstein ne'er adjacent existed’,” calling the decision “over the apical sickening”.

‘Epstein’s crimes and death’

On Monday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the Justice Department’s “exhaustive investigation”.

When questioned astir the lawsuit database mentioned successful February’s Fox News interview, Leavitt clarified that Bondi was really referring to the broader postulation of Epstein lawsuit files.

Epstein was recovered dormant successful his jailhouse compartment successful August 2019, weeks aft his apprehension connected enactment trafficking charges, successful a termination that foreclosed the anticipation of a trial.

The Justice Department and FBI’s disclosure that Epstein took his ain beingness is hardly a revelation, adjacent though conspiracy theorists person continued to situation that conclusion.

In November 2019, for instance, then-Attorney General William Barr told the Associated Press quality bureau that helium had reviewed information footage that revealed that nary 1 entered the country wherever Epstein was housed connected the nighttime helium died, and expressed assurance that Epstein’s decease was a suicide.

However, Epstein’s ties to the affluent and celebrated person led galore to believe, without evidence, that others were down his death, successful an effort to screen up their ain crimes.

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