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When Congress released the Epstein files, COURIER didn't wait for
permission. We built The Cover-Up — the first publicly searchable database
of the Epstein files — so anyone could follow the money, investigate the
network, and see for themselves what the government tried to bury.

Now our National Correspondent Camaron Stevenson has obtained internal DOJ
communications that crack the case wide open.

What he found is staggering: FBI Director Kash Patel closed the entire
Epstein investigation after agents reviewed less than 7% of the case files
— and the review took just a few hours.

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Here's what Camaron uncovered:

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FBI Director killed Epstein case after review of less than 7% of
investigation files

By Camaron Stevenson, National Correspondent

Internal communications from the Department of Justice reveal that the
decision to close the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein was made after a
narrowly focused review of less than 7% of the case files, centered
entirely on photo and video evidence.

FBI Director Kash Patel tasked agents in March 2025 to "determine if there
are any images of individuals on any videos which should be considered for
prosecution," according to emails published as part of the Epstein Files
Transparency Act. The resulting review examined an estimated 400,000 of
the 6 million files compiled against Epstein and did not include financial
documents, personal communications, or a majority of witness testimony.

The review was conducted by an agent working out of the DOJ's Southern
District of New York office and completed within a few hours of the
request. It supposedly found no evidence implicating anyone other than
Epstein and his now-convicted accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.

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The internal memo sheds new light on the agency's abrupt decision to end
its investigation into Epstein's multi-billion dollar sex trafficking
operation, and adds context to the public memo on the matter that many
derided as woefully insufficient. In the analysis, the agent emphasized
that their determinations were made exclusively based on visual evidence,
and even that was limited to investigations specific to the SDNY.

The review omitted all surveillance footage, for example, as the 2019
search warrant executed at Epstein's properties only authorized
confiscation of evidence related to crimes committed within the preceding
20 years. Witness testimony was also severely limited: anything other than
on-camera interviews with the Palm Beach Police Department was not
considered.

The language in Patel's official FBI memo announcing the closure of the
investigation mirrors the internal analysis almost identically, and a
reexamination of the text suggests the video and image elements were the
only determining factors.

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