FBI claims it will release jail tape proving Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide
Epstein, 66, was found hanging inside a jail cell at the NYC's Metropolitan Correctional Center on the morning of Aug. 10, 2019. His death was ruled a suicide soon after.
The FBI has claimed they have a video which proves that Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide and says it will release the footage soon.
Epstein, 66, was found hanging inside a jail cell at the NYC's Metropolitan Correctional Center on the morning of Aug. 10, 2019. His death was ruled a suicide soon after.
But conspiracy theorists believe that he did not end his life, maintaining that Epstein's death was murder. Their beliefs are fuelled by reports at the time that guards failed to check on him and cameras weren't working.
But FBI Deputy Director Don Bongino, appointed by US President, Donald Trump, in March says that he plans to release prison video of Epstein that confirms the billionaire financier and convicted sex offender killed himself.
But when asked if the video showed Epstein taking his own life, he admitted it didn't.
'There is video,' Bongino told Fox & Friends. 'You are going to see there is no one there but him... there is video clear as day, he's the only person in there and the only person coming out.'
Epstein, 66, was awaiting trial on federal conspiracy and sex trafficking charges.
'I say to people, if you have a tip, let us know,' Bongino, a former conservative talk show host, said. 'But there's no DNA, there's no audio, there's no fingerprints, there's no suspects, there's no accomplices, there's no tips. There is nothing. If you have it, I'm happy to see it.'
Bongino said his office was 'working on cleaning' up the video. 'There is going to be a disclosure on this coming shortly. We will give the original, so you don't think there were any shenanigans.'
When asked if the video would include Epstein killing himself, Bongino responded that the video doesn't show 'the actual act.'
Epstein was accused of molesting multiple teenaged girls at his Palm Beach mansion. Investigators claimed that Epstein would lure teen girls to his home by paying them to massage him. During the massages, he would allegedly assault the teens, force them to have sex with him and offer them money to bring him other underage girls to assault.
Many of his alleged victims spoke to Lifetime for Surviving Jeffrey Epstein, a four-hour miniseries on the financier's alleged crimes.
Virginia Giuffre, who said she was recruited by Epstein's friend Ghislaine Maxwell, said in one of the first two episodes that the first time she was abused by Epstein, Maxwell assisted.
Giuffre committed suicide at the age of 41 at her farm outside Perth, Australia, on Thursday, April 24.
That suicide is also subject to speculation after her father claimed 'somebody got to her'.
Giuffre received a multi-million dollar payout from Prince Andrew as a settlement after she accused him of having sex with her, which he denies.
Epstein was arrested in July 2019 for allegedly sex trafficking girls as young as 14. He died almost a month after his arrest.
Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison at Florida Correctional Institution-Tallahassee on June 28, 2022. In addition to her prison sentence, she was fined $750,000.
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