U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks alongside President Donald Trump on recent Supreme Court rulings in the briefing room at the White House on June 27, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Doocy's question was a reference to Fox News's John Roberts asking Bondi during a television interview if the DOJ planned to release a "list of Epstein's clients."
"It's sitting on my desk right now to review," Bondi said at the time. "That's been a directive by President Trump. I'm reviewing that."
Asked about Bondi's prior remarks, a DOJ spokesperson pointed to Leavitt's comment and said the Trump administration has been more transparent than its predecessor.
"We've delivered more transparency in 6 months than the Biden administration did in 4 years," the spokesperson told Fox News Digital.
The newly released DOJ and FBI memo quashed theories about a nonpublic Epstein list, which has been promoted for years by a vocal faction of Trump supporters.
"This systematic review revealed no incriminating ‘client list,’" the memo read.
FBI BOSSES INSIST JEFFREY EPSTEIN KILLED HIMSELF AFTER REVIEWING HIS FILE
Pro-Trump political commentator Rogan O'Handley, also known as DC Draino, from left, social media content creator Chaya Raichik and conservative political commentator Liz Wheeler hold up binders with a cover titled "The Epstein Files: Phase 1," with Jack Posobiec at the White House, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
The DOJ and FBI's memo also reiterated what the FBI and DOJ inspector general confirmed in 2023, that Epstein died by suicide.
Following the botched rollout of the files, Bondi raised eyebrows once again by claiming to reporters in May that there were "tens of thousands of videos of Epstein with children or child porn, and there are hundreds of victims."
But public court filings and the newly released memo do not corroborate that statement. The memo stated, however, that "files relating to Epstein" included "ten thousand downloaded videos and images of illegal child sex abuse material and other pornography."
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Epstein was indicted in 2019 for allegedly recruiting dozens of women and girls as young as 14 and engaging in sexual relations with them at his homes in Manhattan, Palm Beach, and elsewhere. He allegedly sexually abused some of them.
Authorities confirmed that Epstein hanged himself in his prison cell in New York City in 2019, before he could stand trial. His associate Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted of conspiring to sexually abuse minors and sentenced to 22 years in prison.
Ashley Oliver is a reporter for Fox News Digital and FOX Business, covering the Justice Department and legal affairs. Email story tips to ashley.oliver@fox.com.
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