A recent memo from the FBI and DOJ, acquired by Axios, concludes that Jeffrey Epstein did not maintain a client list for blackmail purposes, and affirms the determination that he died by suicide in August 2019.
This past May, FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino sparked significant controversy among conservative groups by publicly endorsing the official narrative surrounding Epstein’s death.
The memo asserts that there is no evidence supporting claims that Epstein blackmailed influential political figures.
Moreover, the document indicates that no additional records related to Epstein will be made public. Axios reports that the DOJ and FBI state that any “further disclosure” of Epstein-related materials “would not be appropriate or warranted.”
According to Axios, the Trump administration’s Justice Department and FBI have found no evidence that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein blackmailed powerful individuals, maintained a “client list,” or was murdered, as detailed in their memo.
The administration plans to release a video—available in both raw and “enhanced” formats—that allegedly shows no one entering the area of the Manhattan prison where Epstein was held on the night of his death in 2019.
This video purportedly supports the medical examiner’s conclusion that Epstein committed suicide, as claimed in the two-page memo.
Significance: This represents the first official contradiction from the Trump administration of conspiracy theories surrounding Epstein’s activities and demise—narratives previously advanced by the FBI’s top officials before their appointments by Trump.
EXCLUSIVE: President Trump’s Justice Department and FBI have concluded they have no evidence that Jeffrey Epstein blackmailed powerful figures, kept a “client list” or was murdered, according to a memo detailing the findings obtained by Axios.https://t.co/Dyt4ycKRuV
— Axios (@axios) July 7, 2025
The DOJ claims to possess 11 hours of video footage from Epstein’s jail cell, confirming that no one entered the cell during the night of his death.
BREAKING: Video on the DOJ website reportedly shows the full 11 hours around Jeffrey Epstein’s death, and that nobody entered the cell after he was locked inside for the night.
Axios reports the DOJ/FBI concluded he k*lled himself based on an internal memo. https://t.co/Va1760DaKX pic.twitter.com/TCsQ75ZqY7
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 7, 2025
In a 2023 report, the Justice Department’s Inspector General concluded Epstein’s death was a “suicide,” attributing it to negligence and misconduct on the part of jail staff.
The Medical Examiner, who conducted the autopsy, explained to the OIG why Epstein’s injuries were more consistent with suicide by hanging rather than homicide by strangulation. The report stated, “The Medical Examiner also noted the lack of debris under Epstein’s fingernails, any marks on his hands, contusions to his knuckles, or bruises on his body that would indicate a struggle—elements one would expect if the death had been a homicide.”
Jeffrey Epstein, a notorious figure among the elite, was discovered dead in his prison cell in Manhattan in August 2019, just one week after an alleged suicide attempt in July.
The 66-year-old financier and convicted sex offender was pronounced dead by hanging, as determined by the medical examiner.
Epstein, standing at 6 feet tall, reportedly fashioned a bedsheet into a noose and secured it to a bunk bed.
Although Epstein had a broken hyoid bone—a finding often associated with strangulation in homicides, not suicides—his death was ruled a suicide. Autopsy photos suggested that a wire might have been involved in the strangulation.
In January 2020, prosecutors informed a judge that previously “missing” surveillance footage from outside Epstein’s cell on the night of his suicide attempt had been found. They later indicated that the footage had been destroyed due to a “record-keeping error.”
The circumstances surrounding Epstein’s death continue to provoke skepticism, as numerous odd coincidences and inconsistencies have emerged since that fateful night.
