Overview

• The Department of Justice and FBI declared on July 7 that no secret Jeffrey Epstein ‘client list’ exists and closed their investigation
• President Trump has labeled the controversy a “hoax” and derided supporters pressing for more documents as “weaklings”
• Speaker Mike Johnson, Charlie Kirk and Lara Trump are among prominent Republicans who have publicly broken ranks to call for full disclosure
• A Reuters/Ipsos poll finds 69% of Americans believe key Epstein details are being concealed and only 17% approve of Trump’s handling of the case
• House Republicans twice blocked Democratic measures to force the release of remaining files, intensifying pressure on Attorney General Pam Bondi to hold a public briefing