July 07, 2025 11:11 AM UTC

Sorry Lauren Boebert, The "Epstein Files" Just Slammed Shut

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• by: Colorado Pols

Yesterday, Axios broke the news currently roiling the MAGA world who would rather be celebrating the passage of the “We’re All Going To Die Act” budget bill signed with excessive fanfare by President Donald Trump on July 4th: after months of delay following a teasing non-release by Attorney General Pam Bondi of what was purported to be the list of convicted sex trafficker billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, much anticipated by conservative conspiracy theorists who gathered at the White House in February for what turned out to be a folder containing no new information, the new story is that the list never existed, Epstein committed suicide, case closed:

President Trump’s Justice Department and FBI have concluded they have no evidence that convicted sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein blackmailed powerful figures, kept a “client list” or was murdered, according to a memo detailing the findings obtained by Axios…

Why it matters: The findings represent the first time Trump’s administration has officially contradicted conspiracy theories about Epstein’s activities and his death — theories that had been pushed by the FBI’s top two officials before Trump appointed them to the bureau.

As social media influencers and activists, Kash Patel (now the FBI’s director) and Dan Bongino (now deputy director) were among those in MAGA world who questioned the official version of how Epstein died.

The new conclusion that Epstein left behind no evidence incriminating alleged participants or beneficiaries of his sex trafficking operation was directly contradicted in February by Bondi herself, who claimed she had the list on her desk:

Bondi, when asked about releasing an Epstein “client list” during a February Fox News interview, said: “It’s sitting on my desk right now to review.”

One of the conservative social media luminaries who had hoped to get her hands on the “Epstein list” in February was Colorado’s own controversy-seeking munition Rep. Lauren Boebert, who warned that the disclosure would be a “shock to the system–but a necessary one.”

Prior to which, the Epstein files were a frequent topic of speculation dating back even to before Boebert’s election to Congress:

But after February’s much-criticized non-disclosure of old information about the case, Boebert clammed up about Jeffrey Epstein. Today, a significant segment of the online MAGA influencer community is demanding Bondi’s resignation while carefully avoiding the obvious dot to connect between Epstein and Donald Trump–an oversight that will be much harder to credibly maintain as time goes on. There’s just no way you can be angry about the Justice Department’s outrageously poor handling and ultimate whitewash of the Epstein case without acknowledging the first-person connection between Epstein and the President.

But if anyone has the combination of audacity and cluelessness to try, it’s Lauren Boebert. So stay tuned.