Top Legal Watchdog Sues Feds For Epstein Client Lists

Americans may finally learn who, if anyone, took part in illegal child sex trafficking with now-deceased Democrat power broker Jeffrey Epstein.

Judicial Watch announced today it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice for records regarding Jeffrey Epstein, including any records on the identities of clients or associates of Epstein (Judicial Watch Inc. v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:25-cv-01056)).

The non-profit public interest law firm Judicial Watch announced it has “sued the Justice Department after it failed to adequately respond to four separate FOIA requests for records concerning Jeffrey Epstein, including a specific request for records ‘depicting the identities of clients or associates of Jeffrey Epstein.’” 

“Epstein document requests were sent to the Justice Department’s Office of Information Policy, the Criminal Division, and two separate requests were sent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),” Judicial Watch notes.

“Simply put, the Justice Department needs to respond to public demands for transparency under law and release the Epstein files under FOIA,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.

Judicial Watch reports its lawsuit “references a February 24, 2025, Fox News report, which states that President Trump’s ‘return to the Oval Office came with the prospect of the public finally being able to see Epstein’s long-awaited “black book” amid inquiries into the deceased financier and sex trafficker.’”

While Epstein died in federal custody in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, in February of this year the Justice Department on February 27, 2025, released numerous documents related to Epstein. 

The documents, however, revealed little, with The New York Post: noting “the much-hyped, roughly 200-page document dump provided no big revelations, instead listing celebrities and politicians who were already known to have palled around with the notorious pedophile.”

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