I doubt there is or ever was a clear Epstein "client list".
Let's consider the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue. How many receipts were there for that? As far as I know, there are none. The receipts were for subscriptions to Sports Illustrated. There are probably folks who would have subscribed if the swimsuit issue was not a thing. It's at least plausible enough that those for whom the swimsuit issue was a deciding factor can claim that it wasn't.
That's probably more or less how Epstein's sex trafficking worked (to the extent it went beyond serving his own appetites). Here's another analog. Suppose a businessperson has a paid box at a major sports stadium. They invite actual and potential clients to games for relationship building. Such extravagances are not friendly with ethics policies, but they absolutely happen. Suppose the businessperson has the box, but not clients to entertain on a given date, so they invite friends. That happens, too. By and large, nothing here is a huge legal issue (assuming you handle the tax implications honestly). How studious do you think the who and when of such events are recorded, especially by folks like Epstein?
Let's say the businessperson decides to cross some lines. They stick with inviting...certain...clients from out of town and hire escorts to join the event. Let's say they don't leave an obvious paper trail, and only do this some of the time. How do you tell between the case from the last paragraph and this one if you're investigating?
Or, let's say they do invite escorts every time. Is there enough of a paper trail to properly prove it?
Replace the box at the sports stadium with a private island and the escorts with carefully groomed young ladies that are probably not getting any direct recompense, and you probably have Epstein's arrangement. You can probably tie some folks to them, and even tie some of them to an island trip. It's probably devilishly hard to prove what took place on the island when they were there. Your case probably lives and dies on the words of the young ladies abused, and there are high dollar attorneys happy to take payment to tear into such victims and simultaneously push juror buttons to convince them to vote for acquittal.
Beyond that, the trail is cold at this point. If there was solid evidence to go after those who partook of the entertainment Epstein offered, those investigating at the time probably avoided collecting it or "lost" it when deciding not to prosecute (or in the years since).
Bondi could provide a list of identified Epstein associates, but note that there was not enough evidence to bring charges against any of them. (That would be against Justice Department policy, I'm sure, but I'm also sure Bondi does not care about that.) However, she can't plausibly do that and exclude Trump from that list--which would end Bondi's MAGA career one way or another.
