- Rep. Jamie Raskin accuses the DOJ of abruptly halting the Epstein co-conspirators probe, calling it a betrayal of survivors who provided detailed testimony.
- DOJ's internal review found no "client list" and closed follow-ups, fueling bipartisan suspicion of a whitewash and demands for accountability.
In a blistering letter obtained exclusively by The Daily Insight, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) has accused the Trump administration’s Justice Department of “inexplicably” killing a long-running investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s co-conspirators, calling it a profound “betrayal” of the sex trafficking victims who bravely came forward.
The probe, which targeted the shadowy network of enablers behind Epstein’s decades-long operation, was abruptly halted earlier this year despite detailed testimony from nearly 50 survivors pointing to at least 20 powerful men allegedly involved.
Raskin’s demand for documents and accountability comes as bipartisan frustration boils over what critics see as a whitewash of one of the most explosive scandals in modern American history.
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Survivors’ Detailed Accounts Ignored, Raskin Charges
Epstein, the disgraced financier who died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges, and his convicted accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell orchestrated what Raskin described as “one of the largest sex trafficking rings in history.”
In his letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Raskin laid bare the survivors’ contributions to the case.
“Almost 50 survivors provided information to prosecutors and FBI agents as part of the investigation that ultimately led to the indictments of Epstein in 2019 and Ghislaine Maxwell in 2020,” Raskin wrote.
“The information the survivors provided was ‘precise and detailed.'”
These women, many of whom were minors at the time of their abuse, didn’t hold back.
“They described how Mr. Epstein, Ms. Maxwell, and their co-conspirators orchestrated a sophisticated and clandestine sex trafficking conspiracy that trafficked them to at least 20 men,” the letter continued.
“These survivors shared with DOJ and FBI the specific identities of many of these co-conspirators, how this operation was structured and financed, and which individuals facilitated these crimes.”
The accounts were formalized in FBI 302 forms—official summaries of interviews that carry weight in potential court proceedings.
Federal agents and prosecutors, Raskin noted, treated the investigation as active well into late 2024, with Supreme Court filings under the Biden administration affirming the pursuit of Epstein’s accomplices was ongoing.
But everything changed in January 2025.
Prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York—long the tip of the spear on this case—were ordered to ship all Epstein files to DOJ headquarters in Washington.
What followed was a “sudden and dramatic shift,” according to attorneys for the survivors who briefed Raskin’s committee.
The probe into co-conspirators? Dead.
Internal Review Fuels Suspicion: No ‘Client List,’ No Action
Compounding the outrage, a DOJ internal review released in July concluded there was no so-called “client list” among the seized evidence and “did not uncover evidence that could predicate any investigation against uncharged third parties.”
This directly contradicted Bondi’s own tease during a February Fox News interview, where she claimed a bombshell “client list” was “sitting on my desk” for review.
“DOJ and FBI’s failure to investigate this conduct is a betrayal of the more than 1,000 survivors of this multi-billion-dollar international sex trafficking ring,” Raskin wrote pointedly.
“As these survivors made clear to DOJ and FBI, Mr. Epstein and Ms. Maxwell did not act alone.”
Raskin’s missive demands a full “accounting” of the DOJ’s 2025 review process, including staffing decisions that sidelined career prosecutors, any internal reports generated, and steps taken—or not taken—to follow up on survivor leads.
He also flagged proposed legislative reforms to mandate better communication with victims before cases are shuttered, a direct response to the Epstein fallout.
The letter arrives amid a drumbeat of GOP promises that have since fizzled.
Both Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel hyped “major revelations” on Epstein before Trump’s inauguration, only to pivot to closure.
At a September House Judiciary Committee hearing, Patel faced pointed questions from both parties but offered little solace.
Bipartisan Fury: Massie Names Names, Patel Dodges
The hearing laid bare the probe’s tantalizing leads—and the apparent roadblocks.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), a vocal advocate for declassifying Epstein files, zeroed in on victim statements naming at least 20 men.
“According to victims who cooperated with the FBI in that investigation, these documents in FBI possession, your possession, detail at least 20 men, including Mr. Jes Staley, CEO of Barclays Bank,” Massie said, spotlighting the former J.P. Morgan executive whose Epstein ties forced his 2021 exit from Barclays.
Staley has maintained their bond was purely professional and denied any misconduct.
Massie didn’t stop there, rattling off a roster of elites allegedly implicated: “That list also includes at least 19 other individuals—one Hollywood producer worth a few hundred million dollars, one royal prince, one high-profile individual in the music industry, one very prominent banker, one high-profile government official, one high-profile former politician, one owner of a car company in Italy, one rockstar, one magician, at least six billionaires, including a billionaire from Canada.”
Pressing Patel on whether the FBI had pursued probes into these figures or reviewed the 302 forms, Massie got a vague commitment: “I have asked FBI agents to ‘review the entirety of the Epstein files and bring forth any credible information.’ … ‘Any investigations that arise from any credible investigation will be brought,'” Patel replied.
But he admitted, “there have been ‘no new materials brought to me launching a new indictment.'”
When Massie probed if victims’ statements were being dismissed as unreliable, Patel deflected: “It’s not my assertion, sir, it’s the assertion of two different United States attorneys’ offices from three separate administrations who investigated those same materials in live time.”
Raskin wasn’t buying it, accusing Patel of “repeatedly impugning the credibility of the Epstein survivors” in that exchange and a follow-up with Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.).
“The Trump Administration has inexplicably killed this investigation,” he concluded in the letter.
A Pattern of Unfulfilled Promises?
This isn’t the first time Epstein’s ghost has haunted the DOJ.
The case has transfixed the public since Epstein’s 2019 arrest, with Maxwell’s 2021 conviction peeling back layers of the conspiracy but leaving a web of unanswered questions.
Survivors’ advocates argue the sudden pivot in January—coinciding with the new administration’s early days—smacks of political interference, especially given pre-inauguration hype from Trump allies.
CBS News, which first reported on Raskin’s letter, said it reached out to the DOJ for comment but received no immediate response.
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