{"id":125906,"date":"2025-07-08T10:03:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T18:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/07\/08\/pam-bondi-and-the-case-of-the-missing-epstein-client-list-that-she-assured-us-was-on-my-desk\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T10:03:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T18:03:41","slug":"pam-bondi-and-the-case-of-the-missing-epstein-client-list-that-she-assured-us-was-on-my-desk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/07\/08\/pam-bondi-and-the-case-of-the-missing-epstein-client-list-that-she-assured-us-was-on-my-desk\/","title":{"rendered":"Pam Bondi And The Case Of The Missing Epstein Client List (That She Assured Us Was \u2018On My Desk\u2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in February, the Attorney General of the United States Pam Bondi gleefully told Fox News that she had Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s client list \u201con my desk.\u201d The head of the Department of Justice generally doesn\u2019t go on cable news to brag about an investigation into a dead guy, but Epstein\u2019s case had taken a place in the right-wing conspiro-sphere and Bondi was ready to milk a few minutes of fame to talk about the grand prize at the end of the QAnon advent calendar! <\/p>\n

The \u201cclient list\u201d was the fabled document that turned Epstein from a despicable sex criminal into the lynchpin holding the deep state together. The list would, according to the most addled minds on the internet, finally prove that liberals run a global pedophile cult out of a pizza place. No one had ever seen this client list, but the top law enforcement official in the nation told the public that it not only existed, but that she already had it dropped onto her desk. <\/p>\n

And she certainly wouldn\u2019t have said anything that imprudent if she didn\u2019t actually have anything to report. Right?<\/p>\n

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Pam Bondi in February: The Epstein client list is sitting on my desk right now to review.Pam Bondi today: There is no Epstein client list and no “further disclosure” of Epstein-related material “would be appropriate or warranted.”<\/p>\n

\u2014 MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com)<\/a> 2025-07-07T01:46:47.383Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Having earlier released a heavily redacted set of Epstein files \u2014 along with JFK assassination materials that more or less confirmed the Warren Commission was right all along<\/a> \u2014 the Justice Department just followed up with a memo explaining that the client list doesn\u2019t exist, there\u2019s nothing in the Epstein files that they feel like divulging, and he definitely killed himself. Kash Patel and Dan Bongino, now running the FBI, previously mused<\/a> that Epstein was murdered to prevent him from revealing the extent of the conspiracy. Now they\u2019re officially backing the Justice Department\u2019s wet blanket of a memo<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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This systematic review revealed no incriminating \u201cclient list.\u201d There was also no credible evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions. We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As hard as it may be, put aside everything about the horrific crimes involved in this case. One of two things happened here. <\/p>\n

Either the Attorney General is currently engaged in covering up a damning client list that would expound upon allegations of the the pedophile sex trafficker\u2019s ties to at least some key Trump donors<\/a>. Or there never was a client list and Bondi was just bald-faced lying for attention when she explicitly said that it was on her desk.<\/p>\n

Neither is good!<\/p>\n

The former would be a criminal conspiracy run from the highest halls of government. The latter is that the Attorney General exhibits a level of weaponized stupidity that should disqualify her from managing a Chipotle, let alone the Justice Department. It\u2019s probably the latter, but then what, exactly, was the endgame? Baiting their most rabid and dangerous fans that there was a big revelation coming that they never bothered to verify existed? Not exactly 3D chess over there.<\/p>\n

James Comey became a pariah because he felt compelled to inform Congress that he needed to correct his testimony over ultimately irrelevant and redundant documents that hadn\u2019t previously come to his attention. Fast forward and the Justice Department is chatting up cable news about documents that don\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n

Or at least they now say don\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n

That the AG publicly misled the country is the real scandal that\u2019s going to get buried as morons tweet about conspiracy theories.<\/p>\n

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Yes. Definitely someone way above<\/em> the president wielding unprecedented power to defy Congress<\/a> and the courts<\/a> while disappearing people to El Salvador. And if the elite pedophiles are above Trump\u2026 does that mean he\u2019s complicit with them? Because if he were fighting them wouldn\u2019t they just get rid of him with all their power? In either case, it doesn\u2019t seem like a reason to support him.[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Occam\u2019s Razor continues to take an undeserved beating.<\/p>\n

It certainly couldn\u2019t be the natural and logical consequence of an administration headed by a guy who partied with Epstein and infamously word vomited his way through a conversation about the Epstein files, pre-butting that \u201cit\u2019s a lot of phony stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

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But I digress. The Justice Department is fully untethered from any professional crime-fighting standards. Letting conspiracy theorists shape department priorities, premature public proclamations, fast and loose handling of key evidence\u2026 this is how an agency squanders its credibility. I mean, they\u2019re already making up fake quotes in court<\/a> so there isn\u2019t much credibility to be lost. But there\u2019s something about the very public nature of this bumbling escapade.<\/p>\n

This is about deeply serious criminal activity. Epstein was a monster. And the AG treated it as a carnival act. As it happens, that chyron from the February news hit now seems weirdly prophetic: The DOJ has<\/em> lost its mission to fight crime.<\/p>\n

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[1]<\/a> Also, someone really needs to talk to Musk about his bizarre failure to understand this book series<\/a>. He would be the main villain of these books! It\u2019s one thing for these tech bros to uncritically invent technologies that sci-fi authors warned us about<\/a>, but it\u2019s another for the richest right-wing figure in the world to constantly reference a book that\u2019s not even subtle about the theme: \u201csocialism would make everything better.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Headshot\"Joe Patrice<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. Feel free to\u00a0email<\/a> any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0or Bluesky<\/a> if you\u2019re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news. Joe also serves as a Managing Director at RPN Executive Search<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Pam Bondi And The Case Of The Missing Epstein Client List (That She Assured Us Was \u2018On My Desk\u2019)<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Back in February, the Attorney General of the United States Pam Bondi gleefully told Fox News that she had Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s client list \u201con my desk.\u201d The head of the Department of Justice generally doesn\u2019t go on cable news to brag about an investigation into a dead guy, but Epstein\u2019s case had taken a place in the right-wing conspiro-sphere and Bondi was ready to milk a few minutes of fame to talk about the grand prize at the end of the QAnon advent calendar! <\/p>\n

The \u201cclient list\u201d was the fabled document that turned Epstein from a despicable sex criminal into the lynchpin holding the deep state together. The list would, according to the most addled minds on the internet, finally prove that liberals run a global pedophile cult out of a pizza place. No one had ever seen this client list, but the top law enforcement official in the nation told the public that it not only existed, but that she already had it dropped onto her desk. <\/p>\n

And she certainly wouldn\u2019t have said anything that imprudent if she didn\u2019t actually have anything to report. Right?<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n

Pam Bondi in February: The Epstein client list is sitting on my desk right now to review.Pam Bondi today: There is no Epstein client list and no “further disclosure” of Epstein-related material “would be appropriate or warranted.”<\/p>\n

\u2014 MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com)<\/a> 2025-07-07T01:46:47.383Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Having earlier released a heavily redacted set of Epstein files \u2014 along with JFK assassination materials that more or less confirmed the Warren Commission was right all along<\/a> \u2014 the Justice Department just followed up with a memo explaining that the client list doesn\u2019t exist, there\u2019s nothing in the Epstein files that they feel like divulging, and he definitely killed himself. Kash Patel and Dan Bongino, now running the FBI, previously mused<\/a> that Epstein was murdered to prevent him from revealing the extent of the conspiracy. Now they\u2019re officially backing the Justice Department\u2019s wet blanket of a memo<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

This systematic review revealed no incriminating \u201cclient list.\u201d There was also no credible evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions. We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As hard as it may be, put aside everything about the horrific crimes involved in this case. One of two things happened here. <\/p>\n

Either the Attorney General is currently engaged in covering up a damning client list that would expound upon allegations of the the pedophile sex trafficker\u2019s ties to at least some key Trump donors<\/a>. Or there never was a client list and Bondi was just bald-faced lying for attention when she explicitly said that it was on her desk.<\/p>\n

Neither is good!<\/p>\n

The former would be a criminal conspiracy run from the highest halls of government. The latter is that the Attorney General exhibits a level of weaponized stupidity that should disqualify her from managing a Chipotle, let alone the Justice Department. It\u2019s probably the latter, but then what, exactly, was the endgame? Baiting their most rabid and dangerous fans that there was a big revelation coming that they never bothered to verify existed? Not exactly 3D chess over there.<\/p>\n

James Comey became a pariah because he felt compelled to inform Congress that he needed to correct his testimony over ultimately irrelevant and redundant documents that hadn\u2019t previously come to his attention. Fast forward and the Justice Department is chatting up cable news about documents that don\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n

Or at least they now say don\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n

That the AG publicly misled the country is the real scandal that\u2019s going to get buried as morons tweet about conspiracy theories.<\/p>\n

\"\"
<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yes. Definitely someone way above<\/em> the president wielding unprecedented power to defy Congress<\/a> and the courts<\/a> while disappearing people to El Salvador. And if the elite pedophiles are above Trump\u2026 does that mean he\u2019s complicit with them? Because if he were fighting them wouldn\u2019t they just get rid of him with all their power? In either case, it doesn\u2019t seem like a reason to support him.[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Occam\u2019s Razor continues to take an undeserved beating.<\/p>\n

It certainly couldn\u2019t be the natural and logical consequence of an administration headed by a guy who partied with Epstein and infamously word vomited his way through a conversation about the Epstein files, pre-butting that \u201cit\u2019s a lot of phony stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

But I digress. The Justice Department is fully untethered from any professional crime-fighting standards. Letting conspiracy theorists shape department priorities, premature public proclamations, fast and loose handling of key evidence\u2026 this is how an agency squanders its credibility. I mean, they\u2019re already making up fake quotes in court<\/a> so there isn\u2019t much credibility to be lost. But there\u2019s something about the very public nature of this bumbling escapade.<\/p>\n

This is about deeply serious criminal activity. Epstein was a monster. And the AG treated it as a carnival act. As it happens, that chyron from the February news hit now seems weirdly prophetic: The DOJ has<\/em> lost its mission to fight crime.<\/p>\n

\n

[1]<\/a> Also, someone really needs to talk to Musk about his bizarre failure to understand this book series<\/a>. He would be the main villain of these books! It\u2019s one thing for these tech bros to uncritically invent technologies that sci-fi authors warned us about<\/a>, but it\u2019s another for the richest right-wing figure in the world to constantly reference a book that\u2019s not even subtle about the theme: \u201csocialism would make everything better.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Headshot\"Joe Patrice<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. Feel free to\u00a0email<\/a> any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0or Bluesky<\/a> if you\u2019re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news. Joe also serves as a Managing Director at RPN Executive Search<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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