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For years, conspiracy theories have surrounded the death of Jeffrey Epstein
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Was it suicide or something more sinister? Now the Trump administration is drawing a line
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A new memo from the Department of Justice and the FBI obtained by Axios and ABC News says
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Epstein did take his own life, and it says there's no evidence of a so-called client-less
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blackmail operation or murder plot. The memo cites hours of surveillance footage from Epstein
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Manhattan jail cell showing no one entered the area before his body was found in 2019
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Investigators enhanced the footage to rule out tampering. It's the first time the Trump
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administration is formally pushing back on the theories, some of which had been spread by top
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officials now in charge, including FBI Director Cash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino
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Both men now say Epstein died by suicide. The memo reads, one of our highest priorities is
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combating child exploitation and bringing justice to victims. Perpetuating unfounded theories about
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Epstein serves neither of those ends. The DOJ says no further disclosures are coming
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no charges for uncharged parties, and no secret lists waiting to be revealed
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