The damning evidence that blows a hole in FBI’s claims that Jeffrey Epstein didn’t blackmail powerful friends

Dozens of CDs, binders, and mystery hard drives found at Jeffrey Epstein’s New York mansion have cast doubt on the Trump administration’s controversial claims that they found no evidence that the late pedophile had blackmailed his prominent friends.

Photos of the explosive evidence, unearthed by DailyMail.com, show a treasure trove of potential proof that was hiding inside the $51million Manhattan townhouse during a raid of the property in 2018. 

Epstein’s victims and even some of his former associates have claimed in interviews or depositions over the years that the disgraced financier had secretly kept incriminating footage of his high-profile friends. 

Yet, in a bombshell, two-page memo released on Sunday, the Department of Justice and FBI sensationally concluded that no further disclosure of the materials ‘would be appropriate or warranted’. 

The government’s claims have sparked fury across the right, including some of Trump’s own supporters who had counted on the president to bring full transparency on Epstein’s twisted empire. 

Now, chilling exhibits from Epstein’s New York property – where many of the crimes took place – show shelves full of labeled binders, drawers packed with CDs, and a closet on the fifth floor where the stash was hidden.

In one photo, the labels on the binders are redacted but are believed to have contained the names of girls or young women who featured in the videos.

Another, of what appears to be a dressing room in the home, shows a large safe that was found containing a large amount of cash and passports. 

Dozens of CDs, binders marked with girls’ names, and mystery hard drives were found inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan mansion during a raid of the property in 2018 

Stacks of CDs believed to contain video and photo footage were discovered stashed in drawers and closets throughout the house 

On top of the safe were two binders full of CDs, among other items. 

One particularly damning box of hard drives was found sealed with evidence tape – but an FBI agent admitted on the stand it wasn’t their tape – suggesting it could date back to the first raid at his Palm Beach mansion during the 2006 investigation, which resulted in Epstein getting a sweetheart plea deal and just 15 months behind bars. 

The resurfaced images were revealed in court during the trial of Epstein’s ‘madam’ Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted in 2021 of procuring young girls for him to abuse and is now serving a 20-year sentence.

Epstein was awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges when he died by suicide in his jail cell in August 2019. 

Trump supporters and other skeptics have speculated for years that the convicted sex offender did not kill himself in prison and was murdered so he wouldn’t be able to implicate high-profile individuals in his crimes.

The fiasco over the Epstein evidence has put Attorney General Pam Bondi under intense and mounting pressure, along with FBI director Kash Patel, and deputy director Dan Bongino.

All three had previously pushed conspiracy theories about Epstein’s death and associates, but are now facing backlash and questions over the apparent stonewalling. 

The controversy has even led to former Trump advisor and ally Elon Musk to follow through on his threats to form another political party, called ‘America Party’. 

Epstein’s death in 2019 was ruled a suicide – but it has been widely challenged by skeptics who believe he was was murdered in order to protect other high-profile individuals complicit in his crimes

Exhibits shown in court at Ghislaine Maxwell’s 2021 trial included shelves of labeled binders found at the house 

Another image, of what appears to be a dressing room in the home, shows a large safe that was found containing a large amount of cash and passports

Musk had also publicly claimed that former Trump advisor Steve Bannon was in the Epstein files.

Far-right firebrand Laura Loomer has called on Bondi to resign and said that the MAGA base ‘will not tolerate being lied to’.

The memo released earlier this week stated that after an ‘exhaustive’ review, the DOJ and FBI ‘found no basis to revisit the disclosure of those materials’.

It went on: ‘This systematic review revealed no incriminating “client list.” 

‘There was also no credible evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions. 

‘We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties.’

The administration also concluded that Epstein’s manner of death was a suicide – which has been widely challenged by conspiracy theorists – and could be supported by video footage from the prison facility. 

To prove that, the DoJ promised to release a ‘raw’ and ‘enhanced’ video clip they say shows that nobody entered Epstein’s cell at the Metropolitan Detention Center on the night he died. 

The exhibits included images of various rooms throughout Epstein’s New York property – where many of the crimes took place

The pedophile was reported to have surveillance systems at his homes in New York (pictured) and Palm Beach that may contain evidence of his crimes 

Donald Trump was famously friends with the pedophile for years and they moved in the same social circles. He is pictured with Melania, Epstein, and Ghislaine Maxwell at his Mar-a-Lago club in 2000  

But eagle-eyed skeptics were quick to point out a mysterious one-minute gap in the surveillance footage.

Trump himself, whose former social ties to Epstein are well documented, was forced to address the controversy this week during a cabinet meeting when he told people to move on from the case.

Adding to the pressure on the Trump administration, a top lawyer who represented Prince Andrew’s accuser attacked the decision to stop the investigation.

Sigrid McCawley, who represented Virginia Giuffre, who committed suicide in April aged 41, said in a exclusive statement to DailyMail.com: ‘The government’s statement that there is no need for further action in the Epstein matter is a travesty of justice.

‘For years victims have made clear that he did not operate alone yet despite its original bold statements the government is now cowering away from holding those culpable accountable’.

Bondi’s claim that no more material can be released is further undercut by the FBI’s own Epstein document vault, which contains dozens of documents, many of which have heavy redactions.

DailyMail.com has previously requested a potential goldmine of flight records and was handed them back – but once again with heavy redactions.

US Attorney General Pam Bondi was forced to explain a one-minute gap in the video of Jeffrey Epstein’s jail cell

Investigators looked at footage from the night of August 9, 2019 at 10:40pm, when Epstein was locked in his cell until the next morning at around 6:30am, when he was found dead

The records requested by DailyMail.com cover a period between 2010 and 2019, later than previously released flight logs, which only ran between 1995 and 2007 and were incomplete.

They even appear to include Epstein’s final flight from Paris to New York in July 2019, where he was arrested by FBI agents.

In the records there are 501 pages of TECS reports, referring to the system used by DHS to screen travelers arriving in the US, and hundreds more showing other records – many of which include the names of Epstein’s passengers.

There are numerous trips to New York, Palm Beach, and Paris, where Epstein had residences, and the US Virgin Islands, where he had his own private island and carried out some of the worst of his abuse.

Among the famous men who were said to have visited the island include Prince Andrew and Bill Clinton, though his spokesman always denied the former President had been there.

Adding to the intrigue, the photos of the evidence from Epstein’s mansion have recently been removed from the online storage system used by prosecutors at the Southern District of New York to make public exhibits from court cases to the media.

A spokesman for the office, Nicholas Biase, said nothing had been ‘wiped’ from the files and said that they were cleared out 90 days after a trial ended.

However, the Maxwell exhibits were there earlier this year when a DailyMail.com reporter checked, and the system says the last recorded activity was on March 5.