In a jaw-dropper of a press statement released on the night of Sunday, July 6, the Department of Justice claimed that it had found no incriminating Jeffrey Epstein “client list” that could be used to prosecute those involved in the alleged trafficking and blackmail scheme in which dissidents claim he engaged alongside Ghislaine Maxwell and others. The DOJ’s statement led to immense backlash, as could be expected.
Beginning the controversial memo regarding Epstein, the DOJ claimed that it had conducted a comprehensive search of massive amounts of material, both physical and digital, that it had hoovered up as part of its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and his alleged operation.
Explaining as much, it said, “As part of our commitment to transparency, the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have conducted an exhaustive review of investigative holdings relating to Jeffrey Epstein. To ensure that the review was thorough, the FBI conducted digital searches of its databases, hard drives, and network drives as well as physical searches of squad areas, locked cabinets, desks, closets, and other areas where responsive material may have been stored. These searches uncovered a significant amount of material, including more than 300 gigabytes of data and physical evidence.”
Continuing after explaining that it will not be releasing what it reviewed because much of it shows the abuse of children, the DOJ then claimed that it found no Epstein client list that incriminates those who are allegedly connected to the pedophile’s operation. It said, “This systematic review revealed no incriminating ‘client list.’
Adding to that, the DOJ then claimed that it had found no blackmail operation conducted by Epstein, something that many who study the scandal alleged happened and was the basis of his whole operation. The DOJ said, in that stunning revelation, “There was also no credible evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions.”
Then, even more jaw-droppingly, the DOJ memo claimed that there were no “uncharged third parties” who will be charged as a basis of what it found as part of its investigation into Epstein. It said, “We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties.”
Further, the DOJ claimed a bit later in the memo that Epstein had not been slain by a third party but rather slew himself, saying, “After a thorough investigation, FBI investigators concluded that Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City on August 10, 2019. This conclusion is consistent with previous findings, including the August 19, 2019 autopsy findings of the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, the November 2019 position of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York in connection with the investigation of federal correctional officers responsible for guarding Epstein, and the June 2023 conclusions of DOJ’s Office of the Inspector General.”
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The memo led to much backlash against Pam Bondi and the DOJ. General Trump ally Robby Starbuck, for example, said, “So Epstein was trafficking these underage girls to nobody? Is Pam Bondi serious? No one who has followed this for years believes that everyone who went to Epstein’s island was just there to catch some waves and relax. Again, NO ONE believes this for very good reason.”
He added, “What Epstein and his ilk did was pure evil and this memo attempts to just close the book on it like there’s no one else involved. I can’t pretend that’s okay. The victims deserve better and the public deserves better. Bondi just made it all worse with this memo. What a terrible, terrible idea it was to write this memo. It’s also incredibly insulting to our intelligence.”
Similarly, the popular Viva Frei X account wrote, “Never let up on the Epstein file…The Epstein files are on my desk…There are no Epstein files…Epstein killed himself…There is no client list or blackmail material…Source: an unsigned memo from the DOJ. Why didn’t Pam Bondi put her name and signature on this document?”
Watch Leavitt try to defend the DOJ here: