Does the Epstein List Exist? FBI Says 'No' — Here's What We Know

A new memo published by Trump's Department of Justice (DOJ) has concluded that the FBI has found no evidence to suggest the 'Epstein List' exists or that Epstein's death was a murder cover-up.

Investigators found 'no incriminating "client list",' according to the memo, first reported by Axios. They found 'no credible evidence ... that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals.'

The memo also debunked conspiracies surrounding Epstein's death, stating that video footage from the Manhattan Jail where he was being held supports medical examiners' findings that he committed suicide.

Epstein died in his cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges in 2019. His death fueled theories about his supposed 'client list' that would expose high-profile names in sex crimes, with conspiracists believing Epstein's death was a murder covered up by powerful elites.

FBI Director and Deputy Say Epstein Committed Suicide

Officials said prison video footage indicated that no one entered the area of the prison Epstein was being held in the night he died.

Epstein was found dead with a rope around his neck at around 6:30am on 9 August 2019. Investigators examined video footage starting from 10:40pm the evening prior, when Epstein was locked in his cell, up to when he was found.

According to them, no one could be seen entering the area during this time.

The FBI's director, Kash Patel, and deputy director, Dan Bongino, were among social media influencers pushing theories that Epstein was killed to cover up crimes in which government officials, celebrities, and business leaders could be implicated.

Since Trump appointed them as top FBI officials, Patel and Bongino have said that Epstein did commit suicide.

'As someone who has worked as a public defender, as a prosecutor who's been in that prison system, who's been in the Metropolitan Detention Center, who's been in segregated housing, you know a suicide when you see one, and that's what that was,' Patel told Fox News in May.

'He killed himself,' Bongino added. 'I've seen the whole file, he killed himself.'

Why This Memo Is Significant

These new findings are the first time the Trump administration has contradicted theories surrounding Epstein's death and activities.

Earlier in February, conservatives had been outraged by documents released by the DOJ that provided no new insights into Epstein's case, including his death or the existence of a 'client list.'

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna posted on X, 'THIS IS NOT WHAT WE OR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ASKED FOR and a complete disappointment,' and demanded 'THE INFORMATION WE ASKED FOR!'

During Elon Musk's falling out with Trump last month, he accused the President of 'being in the Epstein files.'

Trump reposted a statement from Epstein's former lawyer, David Schoen, on Truth Social in which he cleared Trump of any crimes associated with Epstein.

'I can say, authoritatively, unequivocally, and definitively that he [Epstein] had no information to hurt President Trump. I specifically asked him!' the statement read.

Musk later deleted his initial message and posted on X, 'I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far.'

What Happens Now

The memo outlined that no one else in the Epstein case will be charged.

It also stated that 'no further disclosure' of Epstein-related material 'would be appropriate or warranted.'

Since a lot of the material relates to child sexual abuse, the DOJ and FBI don't want to release information about the victims, especially that would cause innocent victims to be accused of wrongdoing.

'Through this review, we found no basis to revisit the disclosure of those materials and will not permit the release of child pornography,' Axios reported the memo as stating.