‘Epstein client list’ doesn’t exist, feds say, despite Musk’s claim that Trump is on it

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Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI have ruled that there is no “client list” belonging to the late billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, just a month after Elon Musk accused the president of being on it.

The disgraced financier also died by taking his own life in a New York City jail cell in August 2019 and was not murdered, the DOJ and FBI determine in a two-page memo seen by Axios.

Epstein has been the subject of conspiracy theories ever since his death, with many alleging that he kept a private list of wealthy and well-known public figures whom he trafficked underage girls to for sex.

There has also been long-standing speculation that he was assassinated under orders from one of his powerful former clients so as to prevent his revealing their involvement in his crimes.

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