The idea makes sense. Epstein ran a scheme that prosecutors say harmed more than a thousand victims, he moved among the very rich, and he kept phone books, flight logs and photographs. Giuffre testified in 2016, in papers unsealed in 2019, that Maxwell directed her to have sex with men including Prince Andrew, former Senate leader George Mitchell, former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, the hedge-fund manager Glenn Dubin and the scientist Marvin Minsky. The living men denied it; none was charged. [1][4]
In January 2024 a judge unsealed names from Giuffre’s suit against Maxwell, and social media called it “the client list.” It was not: the names included accusers, employees, police, people who appeared in depositions and people mentioned in passing, such as Michael Jackson. [2]
In February 2025 Attorney General Pam Bondi told Fox News the list was “sitting on my desk.” In July her department and the FBI said they found “no incriminating client list.” Bondi said she had meant the whole case file. Many of Trump’s own supporters felt deceived, and the backlash led to the transparency law. [3][4]
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