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The Brew: Epstein ‘Client List’ Blackholed, Border Patrol Ambushed in Texas

By Gayle McQueary Published on July 8, 2025

Guess a tin foil hat is just a costume piece when it comes to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Conspiracy theorists are reeling from Sunday’s stunning news twist: On Sunday, the U.S. Justice Department and FBI leaked a memo to Axios officially stating that Epstein’s “client list” doesn’t exist and declaring his 2019 death a suicide.

No Epstein ‘Client List’?

Who else’s 2025 bingo card is getting wild? Less than a week apart, 55-year-old music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs was acquitted of racketeering and sex-trafficking charges in a New York federal court house, and the FBI says Jeffrey Epstein did not maintain a list of powerful figures who visited his island in order to blackmail them.

Axios reported Sunday that the DOJ and FBI have put to rest long-running theories surrounding Epstein’s 2019 death, declaring it a suicide with no evidence of foul play. Instead, they said that no one entered Epstein’s Manhattan jail cell the night he died — and they have the video and prison logs to prove it. This debunks claims that he was murdered and that the crime was covered up.

The DOJ/FBI memo obtained by Axios also states that “this systematic review revealed no incriminating ‘client list.’ … We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties.”

The feds also said they found no credible evidence that Epstein blackmailed prominent politicians or other elite power brokers. This differs greatly from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi telling Fox News in May that Epstein’s “client list” was sitting on her desk.

The announcement has sparked a firestorm among some MAGA supporters, including Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) and Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) who expressed frustration and demanded greater transparency. Judicial Watch founder Tom Fitton has been calling foul on this since April, when the watchdog group petitioned for the release of Epstein’s records.

Shooting at the Texas Border

A 27-year-old man identified as Ryan Luis Mosqueda opened fire on U.S. Border Patrol agents near McAllen, Texas, yesterday morning in what law enforcement believes was a deliberate ambush. CNN reports that Mosqueda was armed with an assault rifle and tactical gear, and fired dozens of rounds at the a federal building and the agents inside without entering. The shooting injured three, including McAllen Police Department Officer Ismael Garcia, a 10-year veteran shot in the knee, and one Border Patrol employee. All were hospitalized and reported in stable condition.

Mosqueda was killed when Border Patrol agents and local police returned fire. Authorities discovered he was connected to a Michigan address and was driving a car with Michigan plates and “Cordis Die” — a phrase from the video game “Call of Duty” — spray-painted on it.

McAllen Police Chief Victor Rodriguez said Mosqueda was reported missing from the nearby town of Weslaco, Texas, but did not elaborate on who reported him missing. The FBI is leading the investigation; no clear motive has been determined, though the attack is considered to be premeditated.

This follows other recent violent incidents at federal immigration facilities, including a shooting near an ICE detention facility in Prairieland, Texas, and enforcement activities outside an ICE facility in Portland, Oregon over the Fourth of July weekend, amid rising tensions over immigration enforcement policies.

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Later this morning, Wanda Alger brings biblical perspective to some hot-button issues in “Putting Nationalism, Mountains Mandate, and Intercession in Proper Context.”

 

Gayle McQueary is The Stream’s social media specialist. She has a background in production and an opinion on most news headlines.