Friday, July 18, 2025

Why is the Trump Administration Refusing to Release Jeffery Epstein’s Client List?

History is full of “what ifs” and other assorted murder mysteries like what happened to the bodies of Cleopatra and Marc Anthony, Alexander the Great, and of course, where is Jimmy Hoffa? Did Hitler survive death in the bunker and escape? Who actually ordered the killings of Martin Luther King Jr, John Kennedy or his brother, Robert F. Kennedy? What became of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid? 

It appears that another mystery will be added to that long list for future historians and conspiracy buffs to ponder---who was actually responsible of the death of Jeffery Epstein and what of his unredacted list of clients? Even the famous “Hollywood madam”, Heidi Fleiss, allegedly kept a private black book full of clients and notes, so why wouldn’t someone like Epstein?  It’s good insurance.

Well, apparently not if Attorney General Pam Bondi if she has her way. She originally denied the existence of any list but now admits it does exist but won’t be released. Given that the names of some very wealthy and powerful people are supposedly on the list, it’s easy to see why some very powerful people want it buried along with Epstein.

President Trump agrees with his AG, having said that he doesn’t understand the public’s interest in the list, calling it “sordid” and “fake news”. Given Epstein’s reputation, it’s not hard to understand actually. The public wants to know who participated in the assorted escapades on Epstein’s island getaway, especially if the stories of alleged prostitution, drug use, and pedophilia are true (the locals called his private plane the “Lolita Express” for all the underage girls it carried).    

A former top Colombo mobster, Michael Franzese, who at one time was held for seven months in the same cell as Epstein in New York City’s Metropolitan Corrections Center said that with all the security, suicide would be “impossible” (especially given that Epstein was supposedly on “suicide watch” to begin with).  

Then there is the fact that all the security camaras malfunctioned at once (including two which were aimed directly into his cell resulting in missing footage) or that the two security guards sitting 15 feet from Epstein’s cell whose job was to constantly monitor the prisoner, admitted to have “fallen asleep”, spent time shopping online, and going for walks instead of checking on Epstein every 30 minutes as required (they later admitted to doctoring the log book but didn’t face any charges as part of a plea deal) seems a little odd too.  

Other guards who regularly patrol the halls also failed to notice anything out of the ordinary at the same time certainly stretches the credibility of a suicide claim. It’s also worth mentioning that the Metropolitan Correctional Center where both Jeffery Epstein and Michael Franzese were imprisoned is now closed and stripped of all security cameras, etc. 

In addition, Franzese pointed out that the cell was specifically designed to prevent successful suicide attempts (hence being in the suicide watch section of the jail). It seems that to many things simply don’t add up.  So, what’s the official timeline of events leading up to Epstein's death and do they make any more sense?

According to official records, Jeffery Epstein had been arrested on July 6, 2019 on charges of having sex with minors and running a pedophile sex ring operation. The following day he was moved from general population to a Special Housing Unit and placed on observation on July 9th.

On July 18th, U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman denied bail, citing Epstein as a “flight risk” and a “danger to the community” despite having not committed or charged with any violent crimes. And no longer possessed a passport. It bears mentioning that just a few weeks before his death, Epstein had met with a prison psychologist and stated (apparently convincingly) that he wasn’t suicidal and that he had a “pretty wonderful life”… thus far.

Then on July 23rd, he was found unconscious with a bed sheet around his neck in an apparent suicide attempt, after which he was placed on suicide watch. Curiously, I’ve been unable to find any statements from Epstein or prison authorities about the incident. More oddly, at the end of July, Epstein was removed from suicide watch by Bureau of Prison psychologists. Why? 

On August 9th, some 2000 documents were unveiled about his alleged pedophile ring activities. Nevertheless, it wasn’t going to be a slam dunk for the Feds and they knew it. Then, his cellmate was suddenly transferred out and strangely, no new cellmate was assigned, thus leaving Epstein, a supposed suicide risk, strangely alone.  The following morning, Epstein was found dead, having allegedly hung himself.

A review of Jeffery Epstein’s autopsy report appeared to show that he most likely died from a frontal strangulation and claimed that there were signs of a struggled according to some forensic experts, including three neck fractures, a broken hyoid in the neck not normally found in an intentional self-inflicted hanging. There were also ligature marks in the center of his neck, which are more common with strangulation and there was no blood on the noose. 

Dr. Michael Biden, a noted forensic pathologist hired by Jeffery Epstein’s brother, agreed and said that the findings were consistent with strangulation by a wire or cord than by hanging with a bed sheet. He added that in reviewing thousands of suicide and jail hanging photos over the last "40 or 50 years", none had similar injuries as Jeffery Epstein's.  

Dr. Biden was the chief medical examiner for New York City from 1978 to 1979 and hosted “Autopsy” on HBO. He additionally served as the chairman of the House Select Committee on Assassination’s Forensic Panel. He was involved in a number of high profile cases including that of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown, Phil Spector, Michael Brown, and George Floyd.

Epstein knew that if convicted on all charges (which was unlikely), he could potentially spend up to 45 years in prison. Certainly, there was no guarantee the FBI could prove all the charges. There was also the likelihood he could get sentenced to one of those minimum federal “resort” facilities like the kind politicians get sent to. Epstein did, after all, have money and connections, the two main ingredients needed to grease the legal system.

But perhaps that one thing which could hurt him the most is the fear by some that he would talk to save himself. Organized crime is littered with bodies of individuals who were silenced for the same reason. Why should this, if the allegations were true,  be any different? I think Epstein knew and understood that.

If so, where they responsible for Epstein’s death or did Epstein actually hang himself to protect his clients or out of fear of prison? What about the failure of the security cameras or the guards mysteriously disappearing just at the right time? Why would Epstein be denied bail? Why was he left alone in his cell? Was his death an unfortunate nexus of incompetence, apathy, personnel shortages, and budget cuts or just a pure coincidence?

According to a CNN/SSRS poll, 50% of Americans believe there is more to the story regarding Epstein’s death than we’ve been told. 17% said they’re unsure and need to hear more. Meanwhile, just a mere 3% are satisfied with the government’s explanation.

Along political lines, 52% of Independents, the nation’s largest political demographic, are unsatisfied with the government’s take on Epstein’s death.  56% of Democrats agree that there is more to the story. 40% of Republicans agree. Just 3% of Democrats and Independents believe the government’s explanation of events along with just 4% of Republicans.

When it came to the amount of information thus far released by the attorney general’s office, 66% of liberals want more information to be made available. 48% of moderates and 42% of conservatives agree. However, 18% of liberals said that it didn’t matter one way or the other. 32% of conservatives and moderates agreed.

In another survey published by the Miami Herald,  67% of respondents believed the government was engaged in a coverup when it came to Epstein. 69% of Independents said they thought that the government was intentionally withholding information. 82% of Democrats agreed as did half of the Republicans surveyed.

The same poll indicated that 79% of respondents want the Trump Administration to keep its campaign promise to release all of the information regarding Epstein (including his client list). 17% said they were unsure and 5% were satisfied with things as they are. When broken down along partisan lines, 85% of Democrats said that everything needed to be made public. 76% of Independents agreed. So did 75% of the Republicans surveyed.

Another poll, this one released by Quinnipiac University, showed that 63% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of the Epstein files while 20% had no opinion and 17% was satisfied with Trump’s handling of the matter. 40% of Republicans approved, however, 36%  didn’t. Among Democrats, 83% disapproved of the lack of transparency by the White House along with 71% of Independents.

So, what do you think? Did Jeffery Epstein hang himself? Is there an actual list of clients or some other “black book”, perhaps containing some very personal information? Supposedly Epstein's close associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, has a little black book of her own containing over 2000 names of alleged clients; a book which by the way has been sealed by the court while she sits in prison. Why? Was it to protect to those mentioned in the book? Did the guards disable the security cameras and take a walk in order to enable Epstein to hang himself or was there something more? 

 Attorney General Pam Bondi’s recent action to deny and then admit but withhold further information only adds credence to the so-called “conspiracy theory” of a massive coverup. It also potentially hurts President Trump who promised government transparency, but bear in mind too that this has also moved from a simple judicial or political matter into a intelligence coup for government intelligence agencies. There's a lot of very powerful names in those books that can be leveraged. 

For those who say, “who cares?”, I have to respond that we all should. This was allegedly a huge, perhaps global, sex ring involving some of the world’s richest and most powerful men and women, including those in government, finance, military, and business. To say that it’s unimportant or their "personal business" is to say that pedophilia and sex with minors is acceptable.  

It is also to say that government coverup of such crimes are also acceptable. It is not. We are tired of coverups and the corruption with accompanies them. We are just as tired of the two tier justice system, one for the wealthy and powerful and another for us. We’d like some honesty and transparency for a change, regardless of whether a client list or black book exists or not. To borrow from the title of a John Lennon song,  how about giving us some truth for a change?

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