Jeffrey Epstein client list

Demonstrators calling for the Epstein files to be released. From the Good Trouble Protest held in Washington, D.C., on July 17, 2025.

The Epstein list is a document that people think has the names of famous clients that Jeffrey Epstein trafficked young girls to. It is said to be part of the bigger set of documents called the Epstein files. Epstein made a group of public figures that included politicians and celebrities. This caused conspiracy theories which suggest that he made a list of names to blackmail these people. The theory also says that his 2019 death was not a suicide, as the government said it was, but a murder to protect his clients.

Claims about the existence of the list first appeared after Epstein's death. They became the most prominent in 2025 because of a now-deleted tweet from Elon Musk. The tweet claimed that United States president Donald Trump was on the list. During Trump's 2024 presidential campaign, he said he would release the Epstein files.^[1] After he was elected, he instead said that they were a hoax made by the Democratic Party.^[2]

The Trump administration’s United States Department of Justice (DOJ) released a memo on July 7, 2025. The memo said that the list did not exist and that they found no evidence that Epstein blackmailed people. The memo was not believed by political commentators on both sides of the political spectrum, including Alex Jones^[3] and John Oliver.^[4]

In November 2025, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released a set of emails involving Epstein. One email said that Trump had "spent hours" with one of Epstein's victims.^[5]^[6]

Jeffrey Epstein Client List Media

Demonstrators calling for the Epstein files to be released
A contact book made public during the Epstein Files Phase 1 release in 2025, with the majority of its content redacted
Trump, in 2019, talks about his relationship with Epstein.
President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi on Jeffrey Epstein, July 8, 2025