FBI says no ‘Epstein client list' after Musk's Trump allegations
The two-page memo also confirmed that the convicted paedophile died by suicide in a New York City jail cell on 10 August 2019, addressing long-standing conspiracy theories.
Law enforcement agencies released ten hours of surveillance footage from the Metropolitan Correctional Center, further supporting the conclusion that Epstein's death was a suicide.
The memo clarifies that no new evidence has been found in the Epstein case, and no further investigations will be launched into other individuals.
The memo's release follows accusations by Elon Musk that Donald Trump was in the "Epstein files," with Musk reacting strongly to the new findings.
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India ready for trade deals but not to meet deadlines, minister says
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And that review process is happening right now and is ongoing. However, the motivation behind the sudden decision, reportedly taken personally by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and without coordination or consultation either within the administration or with Congress, is suspect. Democrat Adam Smith, ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, said his staff had 'seen the numbers' and 'we are not at any lower point, stockpile-wise, than we've been in the three-and-a-half years of the Ukraine conflict'. President Trump has made no secret of his attitude towards Ukraine and President Volodymyr Zelensky or his scepticism of their cause. It is no surprise that a partisan as zealously loyal and conceptually unfit for office as Hegseth should mirror the commander-in-chief's instincts. For Ukraine, and for European security, this is serious. It is no coincidence that at the end of last week Russia launched its biggest air strikes on Kyiv since the beginning of the full-scale invasion in 2022, using more than 500 drones. Ukraine is believed to be running dangerously low on stocks of interceptor missiles for its US-supplied MIM-104 Patriot air defence systems, which made up part of the anticipated deliveries, as did FIM-92 Stinger man-portable surface-to-air missiles. There are reports that Ukrainian forces were reduced to using machine guns to try to bring down drones in the recent air strikes. It must now be clear to any observer – as it is certainly clear to a gleeful Kremlin – that the United States is not a reliable ally to Ukraine, unpredictable even in its reliability (some of the munitions to be transferred last week had already been loaded onto lorries in Poland before their delivery was stopped by the Pentagon). What is the solution? How do Ukraine's allies in Europe respond? Germany has already sent three of its own Patriot batteries to Ukraine, but last week it emerged that Chancellor Friedrich Merz has also discussed purchasing further missiles from the United States and sending them on to Ukraine. Merz and his SPD defence minister, Boris Pistorius, are keen for Germany to take a stronger leadership role on Ukraine. Major General Christian Freuding, who oversees the Special Staff for Ukraine at the Federal Defence Ministry in Berlin, noted that Nato's European members plus Canada had exceeded the estimated $20 billion (£14.7 billion) of military assistance from Washington last year. 'If the political will is there, then the means will also be there to largely compensate for the American support,' Freuding added. There are two parts to assistance to Ukraine. The first is the obvious support for defensive measures like Patriot missiles to protect the country from Russian air strikes. Germany's apparent intentions are welcome in that regard, and will make a real difference so long as President Trump does not also prove reluctant to countenance even the sale of weapons to third parties for shipment to Ukraine. The second part has to be assisting Ukraine in more active measures against Russia. If Ukrainian forces can take the fight to Russian bases and installations, and particularly if they can force Russia to pull forces further back from the border for safety, they will make themselves all the safer. We saw last November the effect that long-range strikes could have when the United States finally agreed to remove restrictions on the use of MGM-140 ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles and the UK followed suit on Storm Shadow cruise missiles. Olaf Scholz had vetoed the supply of Taurus long-range missiles when chancellor of Germany. 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