FBI concludes Epstein did not run sex-trafficking ring for powerful people: report

The FBI has found that late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein did not run a sex trafficking ring for powerful people, according to a report.

During the FBI's Epstein investigation – which included bank records, emails and proof he abused underage girls – there was little evidence of a sex-trafficking ring, according to the Associated Press.

In photos and videos found at Epstein's homes in New York, Florida, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, some included nude images of females, some of whom appeared to be minors. Images of commercial child sex abuse material that Epstein obtained online were also found.

However, then-Assistant U.S. Attorney Maurene Comey, daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, wrote in an email to FBI officials last year, saying that no photos or videos showed Epstein victims being sexually abused or any males with any of the nude females. Also, no evidence implicated anyone other than Epstein and his associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, Comey said.

Epstein died in a New York City detention center in 2019 while awaiting federal charges for the sex trafficking of minors in Florida and New York. Maxwell was found guilty in 2021 of child sex trafficking and other offenses in connection with Epstein, who was a wealth financier. She is now serving a 20-year prison sentence.

Had the evidence existed, the government “would have pursued any leads they generated,” Comey wrote. “We did not, however, locate any such videos.”

In Epstein's bank records, investigators found payments to more than 25 women who appeared to be models, but did not find evidence that Epstein was engaged in prostituting women to other men, according to prosecutors.