US Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche sent a letter to the US Congress on Saturday, claiming that the US Department of Justice has released all files in compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

The latest development in the controversial case involving the deceased financier, Jeffrey Epstein and the high-profile connections he maintained before he was found dead in his prison cell in August 2019 has fuelled another wave of backlash and uproar in the US.

Through the letter in question, the Bondi and Blanche addressed release of all “records, documents, communications and investigative materials in the possession of the Department,” signalling to the additional revelations of over 3 million pages related to the Epstein scandal on the official government website on January 30, 2026 (US time).

Epstein Files vs Epstein List confusion erupts on X: Viral posts

Therein, the duo dropped a hefty list consisting of hundreds of names that appear in the Epstein Files in a “wide variety of contexts.” They foregrounded that it includes those who had “extensive direct email contact” with the financier or his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, who was found guilty of child sex trafficking and other offences in connection with Epstein.

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However, a significant number of netizens online are conflating this lengthy list with the so-called ‘Epstein List’ or ‘Epstein client list.’ Over the weekend, as initial reports related to Bondi and Blanche’s letter spread like wildfire on the Internet, posts saying “All Epstein Files Released” went viral on X. The focus inevitably shifted to the hundreds of names listed at the end of the official document.

Although these simply referred to who all was mentioned in some or the other capacity on the DOJ website’s ‘Epstein Library,’ many X users misinterpreted it as being the ‘Epstein list.’

Given Epstein’s massive social circle including politicians and A-list celebrities in the past, years-old conspiracy theories have backed speculations that the late billionaire maintained a list of clients to whom he trafficked underage girls. Over the years, many have believed that Epstein even used the informally-titled list to blackmail those in power, in turn, inciting theories that challenge the official ruling that he died by suicide.

An X user commented, “So this is the big “Epstein list” release we’ve all been waiting for? A compilation of names merely *mentioned* in filings—victims, witnesses, random press references, the works. Not a client list. No smoking guns… Bigger picture: Epstein thrived because the powerful protected him (or looked away)….Transparency is nice. Accountability would be nicer.”

Another comment said, ‘THERE IS NO “CLIENT LIST.” There never was. DOJ does not generate such lists. You people have been duped.”

Is there an Epstein client list?

As for whether an actual ‘Epstein list’ exists or not, Ghislaine Maxwell pointed towards the negative last year.

According to transcripts the DOJ made public last year, Blanche outrightly asked Maxwell, “So there’s been a lot of conversations about whether Mr Epstein maintained, like, a list of people, like a book of famous people that he knew. Like a, it’s called a black book or a client list or a list. Did you know of the existence of any such list?”

Maxwell, on her part, replied at the time, “…there is no list that I am aware of. I’ve never, at any time, at least during the period of time when I was – present.”

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What was in Pam Bondi’s letter to the US Congress?

Dated February 14, 2026 (US time), the letter sent from the Office of the Deputy Attorney General was addressed to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Dick Durbin, and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan and Ranking Member Jamie Raskin.

With the subject line “Epstein Files Transparency Act -Section 3 Report to Congress,” Pam Bondi’s letter issued a detailed report listing: “(1) All categories of records released and withheld; (2) a summary of redactions made, including legal basis; and (3) a list of all government officials and politically exposed persons named or referenced in the released materials.”

And so, the records, communications and names listed in all the Epstein Files released as of January 30, include those related to:

  • Epstein’s investigations, prosecutions, or custodial matter
  • Maxwell
  • Flight logs or travel records
  • People, including government officials referenced in connection with Epstein’s criminal activities, civil settlements, immunity or plea agreements, or investigatory proceeding
  • Entities with known or alleged ties to Epstein’s trafficking or financial networks
  • Immunity deals, non-prosecution agreements, plea bargains, or sealed agreements involving Epstein or his associates
  • Internal DOJ communications, including emails, meeting notes, memos etc
  • All communications, memoranda, directives, logs, or metadata concerning the destruction, deletion, alteration, misplacement, or concealment of documents, recordings, or electronic data related to Epstein, his associates, his detention and death, or any investigative files
  • Documentation of Epstein’s detention or death, including incident reports, witness interviews, medical examiner files, autopsy reports, and written records detailing the circumstances and cause of death.

The letter also foregrounds that no records were withheld or redacted “on the basis of embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity, including to any government official, public figure, or foreign dignitary.”

All important names listed in Epstein Files

The “List of AII Government Officials and Politically Exposed Persons” section of Bondi’s letter drops hundreds of names of those who are or were a government official or politically exposed person; and their name appears in the files at least once.

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Full list of names in the Epstein Files:

Acosta, Alexander
Allred, Gloria
Assange, Julian
Babino, Vincent
Bannon, Steve
Becerra, Xavier
Beyonce
Biden, Hunter
Birger, Laura
Black, Leon
Blinken, Antony
Bondi, Pam
Book, Lauren
Boyd, Stephen E.
Brennan, John
Buckley, Sean
Bush, George W.
Calk, Stephen
Carper, Tom
Cher
Clinton, Bill
Clooney, George
Colleran, Brian
Comey, Maureen
Cosby, Bill
Dershowitz, Alan
Diller, Barry
Dupont, Kathleen
Eisenberg, John
Emmanuel, Rahm
Feinberg, Stephen
Flynn, Michael
Friedland, Edward
Gates, Bil|
Giuliani, Rudy
Haley, Nikki
Hatch, Orin
Higgins, Tony
Holder, Eric
Hosenball, Mark
Huckabee, Sarah
Iveagh, Clare
Jarecki, Henry
Adelson, Miriam
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
Audrey, Strauss
Baldwin, Alec
Barak, Ehud
Belohlavek, Lanna
Bezos, Jeff
Biden, Jill
Bistricer, David
Blair, Tony
Boies, David
Bongino, Dan
Booker, Cory
Bradshaw, Ric
Brockman, John
Bull, Gerald
Bush, Jeb
Capone, Russell
Castro, Fidel
Chomsky, Noam
Clinton, Chelsea
Cobain, Kurt
Collins, Linda
Conway, George
Daza, Omar
Desantis, Ron
Donahue, Phil
Economou, George
Elizabeth II
Epstein, Jeffrey
Ferguson, Sarah
Foley, Mark
Frost, Phillip
Gates, Melinda
Goldman, Dan
Harris, Kamala
Hawk, Rony
Ho, Stanley
Horowitz, Andreesen
Hoyer, Steny
Hutner, Florence
Jackson, Michael
Jay-Z
Allen, Woody
Arthur Edward Rory Guinness
Avakian, Stephanie
Band, Doug
Barr, William
Berman, Geoffrey
Biden, Ashley
Biden, Joe
Bistricer, Marc
Blanche, Todd
Bolton, John
Bono
Bowdich, David
Branson, Richard
Brunel, Jean Luc
Bush Jr., George
Byrne, Patrick
Carlson, Tucker
Cheney, Dick
Clayton, Jay
Clinton, Hillary
Cohen, Michael
Comey, James
Copperfield, David
De Niro, Robert
Diana, Princess of Wales
Donaleski, Rebekah
Egauger, Michael
Ellison, Keith
Erben, Germann
Filip, Mark
Fortelni, Marius
Garland, Merrick
Geithner, Timothy
Graham, Lindsey
Harrish, Joshua
Heiss, Howard
Hoffman, Reid
Horowitz, Michael
Huckabee, Mike
Inge Rokke, Kjell
Jagger, Mick
Jayapal, Pramila
Jeffries, Hakeem
Joplin, Janis
Kennedy Jr., Robert F.
Kline, Carl
Kushner, Jared
Lefkowitz, Jay
Lew, Jack
Johnson, Hank
Kasich, John
Kerry, John
Krisher, Barry
Kyl, Jon
Lofgren, Zoe
Lord Robert May
Massie, Thomas
Mook, William
Nadler, Jerry
Schenberg, Janis
Schumer, Amy
Sessions, Jeff
Shappert, Gretchen
Snowden, Edward
Stabenow, Debbie
Starr, Kenneth
Stordalen, Petter
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem
Lefroy, Jeremy
Maxwell, Ghislaine
Reiter, Michael
Rogers, Matthew
Ross, Diana
Routch, Timothy
Rubenstein, Howard
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Schiff, Adam
Schumer, Chuck
Lewinsky, Monica
Lonergan, Jessica
Lutnick, Howard
Mandelson, Peter
Markey, Ed
McCain, John
Menendez, Robert
Milken, Michael
Monaco, Lisa
Moskowitz, Jared
Murdoch, Rupert
Napolitano, Janet
Newsom, Gavin
Ocasio Cortez, Alexandria
Papapetru, Sophia
Paul, Ron
Pence, Mike
Plaskett, Stacey
Pomerantz, Lara
Pope, Susan
Presley, Lisa Marie
Pritzker, JB
Raskin, Jamie
Readler, Chad
Rice, Susan
Roos, Nicolas
Mace, Nancy
Margolin, James
May, Theresa
Meadows, Mark
Milikowski, Nathan
Moe, Alison
Mulvaney, Mick
Netanyahu, Benjamin
Obama, Michelle
Oz, Mehmet
Patel, Kash
Pelosi, Nancy
Phelan, John
Podesta, Tony
Pope John Paul II
Presley, Elvis
Prince Philip
Quayle, Dan
Ratner, Brett
Recarey, Joseph
Reynolds, Tom
Rod-Larsen, Terje
Romney, Mitt
Rosenstein, Rod
Roth, John
Rowan, Marc
Ruemmler, Kathy
Sasse, Ben
Scott, Tim
Ryan, Paul
Sekulow, Jay
Shamir, Yitzhak
Shea, Timothy
Soros, Alex
Spitzer, Eliot
Staley, Jes
Stoltenberg, Jens
Straub, Glenn
Summers, Larry
Spacey, Kevin
Jones, Alex
Kendall Rowlands, John
Khanna, Ro
Kudlow, Larry
Lady Victoria Hervey
Leo, Leonard
Lieu, Ted
Lorber, Howard
Lynch, Loretta
Mao, Coreen
Markle, Meghan
Maxwell, Robert
McFarland, Nicole
Milano, Alyssa
Mnuchin, Steve
Monroe, Marilyn
Mueller III, Robert s.
Musk, Elon
Nassar, Larry
Obama, Barack
O’Donnell, Rosie
Reno, Janet
Parker, Daniel
Pecorino, Joseph
Pestana, Diego
Plourde, Lee
Pompeo, Mike
Power, Samantha
Prince Harry, Duke ofSussex
Pritzker, Thomas
Ratcliffe, John
Reagan, Ronald
Richardson, Bill
Rohrbach, Andrew
Rosen, Jeffrey
Rossmiller, Alexander
Rove, Karl
Rubio, Marco
Salinger, Pierre
Scarola, John
Schlaff, Martin
Schwarzman, Stephen
Senatore, Adrienne
Shapiro, Ben
Siad, Daniel
Soros, George
Springsteen, Bruce
Starmer, Keir
Stordalen, Gunhild
Streisand, Barbara
Swalwell, Eric
Sweeney Jr., William
Thicl, Peter
Trump, Ivanka
Vance, JD
Warsh, Kevin
Williams, Damian
Wyden, Ron
Zucker, Jeff
Taylor Green, Marjorie
Thomas-Jacobs, Carol
Trump, Melania
Villafana, Marie
Wexner, Abigail
Wolff, Michael
Yung, Mark
Zuckerberg, Mark
Thatcher, Margaret
Trump, Donald
Tucker, Chris
Walker, Richard
Wexner, Les
Woodward, Stanley
Zampolli, Paolo

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