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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 809 _ Filed 08/11/25 Page8of31 One of our highest priorities is combatting child exploitation and bringing justice to victims. Perpetuating unfounded theories about Epstein serves neither of those ends. To that end, while we have labored to provide the public with maximum information regarding Epstein and ensured examination of any evidence in the government’s possession, it is the determination of the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation that no further disclosure would be appropriate or warranted. U.S. Dep’t of Just., Untitled Memo (July 2025), https://www .justice.gov/opa/media/1407001 /dl?inline, at 1. The memorandum included a hyperlink to video footage from Epstein’s housing unit, which, it stated, supported the FBI’s investigative conclusion that Epstein had committed suicide in his cell at the MCC on August 10, 2019. /d. at 2. Ensuing news accounts reported public and congressional dissatisfaction with the July 6, 2025 memorandum, and calls for the release of records held by the DOJ and FBI regarding their investigation into Epstein.° ® See, e.g., Perry Stein et al., Rift Erupts Among Justice, FBI Leaders Over Epstein Memo, Sources Say, Wash. Post (July 11, 2025), https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/ 2025/07/1 1/trump-bondi-patel-bongino-epstein-files/; Sadie Gurman & Alex Leary, Top Trump Officials Split Over Epstein Investigation Conclusion, Wall St. J. (July 11, 2025, 4:38 PM), https://www.ws].com/politics/policy/top-trump-officials-split-over-epstein-investigation- conclusion-9449f83f; Emma Colton, DOJ Brass Vowed Full Transparency on Epstein Before Turning Up Empty-Handed, Fox News (July 13, 2025, 4:56 PM), https://www.foxnews.com/ politics/doj-brass-vowed-full-transparency-epstein-before-turning-up-empty-handed [https://perma.cc/V8SV-KSRT]; Hannah Rabinowitz et al., House Speaker Johnson Joins Growing Number of Republicans Pressing Trump Administration for More Transparency on Epstein Case, CNN (July 15, 2025, 7:05 PM), https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/15/politics/epstein- files-trump-bondi [https://perma.cc/7SCN-LGVZ]. 8 DOJ-OGR-00015140