Judge on Maxwell-Epstein grand jury: ‘There is no “there” there’

Published August 12, 2025 5:03pm ET



JUDGE ON MAXWELL-EPSTEIN GRAND JURY: ‘THERE IS NO “THERE” THERE.’ Last month, the FBI announced that its “exhaustive review” of materials in the Jeffrey Epstein case uncovered no client list, no “credible evidence” that Epstein blackmailed any famous people, no evidence to support any new criminal charges, and no evidence that Epstein’s death was anything other than a suicide.

The announcement set off an uproar, in part because just a short time earlier, Attorney General Pam Bondi seemed to tease big news in what has become known as the “Epstein files.” But at the same time, the FBI focused attention on the fact that we already know quite a lot about the Epstein case, which stretches 20 years from the time authorities began investigating the serial sex offender in 2005.

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