{"id":66669,"date":"2025-07-07T13:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T20:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=66669"},"modified":"2025-07-07T13:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T20:44:10","slug":"trumps-press-secretary-lies-to-fox-news-about-the-now-nonexistent-epstein-client-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=66669","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s Press Secretary Lies to Fox News About the Now Nonexistent Epstein Client List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2024 presidential campaign of Donald Trump was a cornucopia of conspiracy theories. Prominent among them were the allegations related to convicted sex trafficker, Jeffrey Epstein, and a reputed <em>&#8220;client list&#8221;<\/em> containing the names of people who allegedly participated in his criminal pedophilia parties.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Trump's Press Secretary Lies to Fox News About the Now Nonexistent Epstein Client List%0D&#038;url=https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=66669\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to post this article on Twitter<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/intent\/compose?text=Trump's Press Secretary Lies to Fox News About the Now Nonexistent Epstein Client List%20https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=66669\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to post on Bluesky<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-leavitt-lips.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump and Karoline Leavitt\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-66285\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The mysterious list was said to include Trump, who was known to have been a longtime friend of Epstein, and had been a passenger on his private jet, the <em>&#8220;Lolita Express.&#8221;<\/em> <em>\u201cI\u2019ve known Jeff for 15 years,&#8221;<\/em> Trump <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.house.gov\/meetings\/JU\/JU08\/20250227\/117951\/HHRG-119-JU08-20250227-SD006-U6.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">told New York Magazine<\/a><\/strong> in 2002. <em>&#8220;Terrific guy. He\u2019s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.\u201d<\/em> This is consistent with the behavior of Trump, who was found liable in a civil lawsuit for sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE THIS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=57502\" target=\"_blank\">Ted Lieu Reads Federal Judge\u2019s Confirmation that Trump is a Rapist Into Congressional Record<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Epstein client list reentered the news cycle on Monday morning when Trump&#8217;s Propaganda Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, responded to a question from Fox News White House correspondent, Peter Doocy&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Doocy:<\/strong> The FBI looked at the circumstances surrounding the death of Jeffrey Epstein. According to the report, &#8216;this systematic review reveals no incriminating client list.\u2019 So, what happened to the Epstein client list that the Attorney General said she had on her desk?\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Leavitt:<\/strong> I think if you go back and look at what the Attorney General said in that interview, which was on your network \u2014 on Fox News&#8230;<br \/>\n<strong>Doocy:<\/strong> I\u2019ve got the quote. John Roberts said, \u2018DOJ may be releasing a list of Jeffrey Epstein&#8217;s clients. Will that really happen?\u2019 And she said, \u2018it\u2019s sitting on my desk right now to review.\u2019 Why?<br \/>\n<strong>Leavitt:<\/strong> She was saying the entirety of all of the paperwork \u2014 all of the paper in relation to Jeffrey Epstein&#8217;s crimes &#8211; that&#8217;s what the Attorney General was referring to, and I will let her speak for that. But when it comes to the FBI and the Department of Justice, they are more than committed to ensuring that bad people are put behind bars.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3ltfdm3olvf2u\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreifnu5jbqpjeexqhogp5a4bebgv33qm2lot4zs4qobkxrlsgrumjqm\">\n<p lang=\"en\">DOOCY: The report says there&#39;s no Epstein client list. So what happened to the Epstein client list that the attorney general said she had on desk?LEAVITT: She was saying the entirety of all the paperwork was on her desk<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc?ref_src=embed\">Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc\/post\/3ltfdm3olvf2u?ref_src=embed\">2025-07-07T17:44:09.501Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The report that Doocy was referring to was from Axios, who published an article revealing that the current heads of Trump&#8217;s Justice Department regime &#8211; Pam Bondi (Attorney General), Kash Patel (FBI director), and Dan Bongino (FBI deputy director) &#8211; are now denying that any Epstein client list ever existed. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/07\/07\/jeffrey-epstein-suicide-client-list-trump-administration\" target=\"_blank\">According to Axios<\/a><\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Trump&#8217;s Justice Department and FBI have concluded they have no evidence that convicted sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein blackmailed powerful figures, kept a &#8216;client list&#8217; or was murdered, according to a memo detailing the findings obtained by Axios.&#8221;\t<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That&#8217;s a peculiar conclusion considering that Bondi had explicitly said that she had the actual list on her desk and was reviewing it. Doocy pointed that out to Leavitt, who abruptly switched into reality distortion mode to claim that Bondi was referring to <em>&#8220;the entirety of all of the paperwork [on] Jeffrey Epstein&#8217;s crimes.&#8221;<\/em> Which was clearly not what she was referring to. For reference, here is the video of Bondi on Fox News in February, and her exchange with Roberts saying&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Roberts:<\/strong> DoJ may be releasing the list of Jeffrey Epstein&#8217;s clients? Will that really happen?<br \/>\n<strong>Bondi:<\/strong> It&#8217;s sitting on my desk right now to review. That&#8217;s been a directive by president Trump.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:fviqe3xscfdntuwbuzppqetg\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3ltf6nqxb7c2i\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreibqousz3hsgdh44qpbyakahm7znndceweig5dcawq6l5opdkb64ei\">\n<p lang=\"en\">Trump&#39;s AG, Pam Bondi, needs to explain how the Epstein client list was on her desk in February, and she was reviewing it &#34;at the directive of the president,&#34; but now says that it doesn&#39;t exist.Where did it go, Pam? Did Trump, for some reason, direct you to make it disappear?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:fviqe3xscfdntuwbuzppqetg?ref_src=embed\">News Corpse (@newscorpse.bsky.social)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:fviqe3xscfdntuwbuzppqetg\/post\/3ltf6nqxb7c2i?ref_src=embed\">2025-07-07T16:15:36.697Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The media needs to hold both Leavitt and Bondi accountable for their statements. Leavitt needs to explain why she lied about what Bondi said about having the list on her desk. Bondi needs to explain how the list was on her desk in February, but now says that it doesn&#8217;t exist. And Trump needs to explain why his prior promises to release everything about his friend Epstein have gone unfulfilled.<\/p>\n<p>Trump cannot complain that the <em>&#8220;Deep State&#8221;<\/em> is suppressing the truth. All of his own appointees are in the positions responsible for releasing all of the information. So who is he trying to protect? You get one guess.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED STORIES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=66602\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Goes Bonkers Ranting that Democrats Are \u2018Evil, Nasty People Who Hate Our Country\u2019<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=66570\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Cult Priestess, Karoline Leavitt, Preaches the Divine Infallibility of Dear Leader<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=66094\" target=\"_blank\">Is This a Joke? 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Prominent among them were the allegations related to convicted sex trafficker, Jeffrey Epstein, and a reputed &#8220;client list&#8221; containing the names of people who allegedly participated in his criminal pedophilia parties. Click here to post this article on Twitter or Click here [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1475,1,1201,8,13],"tags":[554,33,1378,1520,1188,1075],"class_list":["post-66669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-general","category-justice","category-propaganda","category-scandalous","tag-donald-trump","tag-fox-news","tag-jeffrey-epstein","tag-karoline-leavitt","tag-pam-bondi","tag-peter-doocy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-leavitt-lips.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-hlj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":68482,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68482","url_meta":{"origin":66669,"position":0},"title":"The Epstein Defiles: GOP Chairman Threatens Bill and Hillary Clinton with Contempt of Congress","author":"Mark NC","date":"12\/14\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Last month a nearly unanimous bipartisan vote in Congress (to which Donald Trump vehemently objected) ordered the release of the Epstein files that are in the custody of Trump's \"Justice\" Department. 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