The FBI And DOJ Confirm Jeffrey Epstein Died By Suicide, Did Not Have “Client List”
President Trump’s Justice Department and the FBI have concluded that Jeffrey Epstein did not have a “client list” of people he was blackmailing, and that he indeed died by suicide, the government confirmed in a memo Sunday.
The administration released a video from the night Epstein died in 2019, showing that nobody had entered his cell after it was locked for the night. The 10-hour video, available to the public, is also corroborated by a medical examiner’s findings that Epstein died by suicide. Officials have previously acknowledged that two other cameras closer to his cell malfunctioned that night.
WHY THIS MATTERS
The memo asserted that one of the government’s “highest priorities is combatting child exploitation and bringing justice to victims,” but “perpetuating unfounded theories about Epstein serves neither of those ends.”
Since Epstein died in 2019 from an apparent hanging, conspiracy theories have spread asserting that he was instead murdered by powerful people he was attempting to blackmail. These theories gained popularity in part due to a number of right wing influencers — including Kash Patel and Dan Bongino, before Trump appointed them to run the FBI.
Right-wing social media has turned on FBI Director Patel and Deputy Director Bongino for allegedly now caving to the so-called “Deep State.”
The Trump administration entered office promising to release the “Epstein Files,” but came under criticism for mostly releasing already-public information. Attorney General Pam Bondi said as far back as February that she had a “client list” for review on her desk, which the administration has now debunked.
The memo declares that no further information regarding Epstein will be released.
