FBI director Kash Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi came under intense criticism after the FBI and the DoJ closed the Epstein case and concluded that there was no evidence that the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein blackmailed powerful people as he had a 'client list' that he was going to expose. The investigation claimed there was no client list and Epstein did commit suicide in jail.
The administration released the video of Epstein's last few hours to prove that no one entered his cell where he died in 2019. Kash Patel was one of the prominent voices spreading conspiracy theories about Epstein's death when he was a MAGA influencer but started changing his tune after becoming the FBI director.
'What was this about'
Social media users ask what were showing to the media if Epstein Files had no evidence, no client list.
The February photo of government officials holding fat folders ahead of the February release of the Epstein Files went viral. The February release turned out to be a damp squib as there was no new revelation. But now that the entire investigation comes to naught offering no evidence, no list of clients, social media users asked what the symbolic photo was all about.
MAGA commentators pointed out that Pam Bondi herself said Epstein's client list was sitting on her desk for review.
"Ghislaine Maxwell is in prison for 20 years for sex trafficking kids with Epstein And the DOJ and FBI just said that there is no client list, he didn’t blackmail nobody, and nobody else is getting charged. So they sex trafficked kids to nobody??" one asked as several questions remained unanswered with the sudden closure in the case.
The development came as Elon Musk recently claimed Donald Trump was named in Epstein's client list, an allegation that he later withdrew.
Why did Epstein kill himself? Why is Maxwell in jail?
Social media users asked why, given that Epstein did not have any clients and had nothing against him, he even killed himself. MAGA commentators asked why Maxwell is in jail and what was the meaning of her conviction in sex trafficking if there is no evidence.
The DOJ and FBI said in the memo that no "further disclosure" of Epstein-related material "would be appropriate or warranted." The memo said much of the material relates to child sexual abuse, details of Epstein's victims, and information that would expose innocent individuals to "allegations 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," it said.
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