Justice Department and FBI Say Epstein Review Found No Incriminating Client List
On July 7, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation released the conclusions of a systematic review of the investigative holdings relating to Jeffrey Epstein: the review revealed no incriminating client list, found no credible evidence that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals, and uncovered no evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties.
According to the memorandum, 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. The searches uncovered more than 300 gigabytes of data and physical evidence, including a large volume of images of Epstein, images and videos of victims who are minors or appear to be minors, and over ten thousand downloaded videos and images of illegal child sex abuse material and other pornography. Much of the material is subject to court-ordered sealing, the memorandum said, and the review found no basis to revisit the disclosure of those materials; child pornography will not be released.
The memorandum confirmed that Epstein harmed over one thousand victims. On his death, it restated the conclusion of FBI investigators that Epstein died by suicide in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City on August 10, 2019, consistent with the determinations of the New York City Chief Medical Examiner on August 19, 2019, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York in November 2019, and the Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General in June 2023. The FBI's review of video footage from the common area of the Special Housing Unit where Epstein was housed confirmed that from the time he was locked in his cell at around 10:40 p.m. on August 9, 2019, until around 6:30 the next morning, nobody entered any of the tiers in that unit.
The department and the bureau concluded that, while they had labored to provide the public with maximum information regarding Epstein and ensured examination of any evidence in the government's possession, no further disclosure would be appropriate or warranted. The memorandum reported the scope and conclusions of the review only and named no uncharged individual.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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Photo: 图：位于华盛顿的美国司法部总部 Robert F. Kennedy 大楼正门，墙面刻有 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 字样；司法部与联邦调查局 2025 年 7 月联合公布爱泼斯坦案审查结论。G. Edward Johnson 摄，CC BY 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The main entrance of the Robert F. Kennedy Building, U.S. Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, with DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE carved on the facade; the Justice Department and the FBI jointly released the Epstein review findings in July 2025. Photo by G. Edward Johnson, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
