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NBC News
7 hours ago
- Politics
- NBC News
FBI leaders say jail video shows that Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide
The FBI's top two leaders said in interviews on Fox News that the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide and promised to release a surveillance video from the federal jail in New York City where Epstein was found dead. Officials in the first Trump administration ruled that Epstein's death in 2019 was a suicide. But it has remained the subject of conspiracy theories suggesting that he was murdered because of his connections to high-profile celebrities and politicians. Deputy FBI director Dan Bongino, a former pro-Trump podcaster, said in a Fox News interview on Thursday morning that the video showed that no one entered or approached Epstein's cell at the time of his suicide. Bongino also said that no forensic evidence had been found suggesting that another individual was present. '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,' sad Bongino, who asked members of the public to share any evidence of wrongdoing in the case. 'If you have it, I'm happy to see it.' 'There's video clear as day,' Bongino added. 'He's the only person in there and the only person coming out. You can see it.' In a separate interview on Fox News on Wednesday night, FBI director Kash Patel also said that Epstein had died by suicide and promised to release additional information about the case. 'We are diligently working on that,' Patel said. 'It takes time to go through years of investigations.' Past Epstein conspiracy claims But before Bongino became deputy FBI director, he repeatedly promoted conspiracy theories about Epstein's death, according to the Washington Post. In a Jan. 4, 2024 podcast, Bongino played a clip where a journalist said she was '100 percent' convinced that Epstein was killed 'because he made his whole living blackmailing people.' Bongino told his listeners that he'd heard the same claims from another reporter and said they were 'super important.' 'This is where I get really upset at the media,' Bongino said later in the podcast, contending that reporters had 'done almost like no — maybe because I was an investigator before, it's like, I'm amazed at how few people are putting two and two together.' Roughly two weeks before Trump named Bongino FBI deputy director, Bongino spoke again about Epstein. He said again that a reporter had told him about the existence of tapes that Epstein used to blackmail powerful people and then mentioned an allegation he'd heard involving Bill Clinton. 'I'm not ever gonna let this story go,' Bongino promised on Feb. 10. 'I'm not letting it go ever.' For years before taking office, Patel and Bongino also claimed that the Biden administration and corrupt 'deep state' actors had 'weaponized' the FBI against Donald Trump. They accused the bureau of covering up what it knew about pipe bombs placed outside the offices of the RNC and DNC in Washington before the Jan. 6 attack. They suggested that FBI operatives helped ignite the Capitol riot. And they said FBI agents committed crimes and tried to 'overthrow' Trump. But large numbers of Trump supporters who believe those claim sare publicly asking: Why aren't Patel and Bongino arresting and prosecuting the people Patel labeled 'government gangsters?" An FBI spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In the interview, on Fox & Friends, Bongino also said that the job was taking a toll on his family. 'The biggest lifestyle change is family-wise,' he said. 'It was a lot, and it's been tough on the family. People ask all the time, do you like it? No. I don't,' Bongino said. 'But the president didn't ask me to do this to like it — nobody likes going into an organization like that and having to make big changes.' Last weekend, Bongino announced on X that the FBI is re-examining multiple cases from the Biden era, including the 2021 pipe at the DNC and RNC, the 2022 leak of the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, and a small bag of cocaine that was found in the White House in 2023. On Thursday, Bongino said the FBI is close to solving one of the three cases without saying which one. 'We got a fascinating tip on one of these cases, one of the three,' Bongino said. 'We're going to run it out. We're not going to be able to make that public, obviously, right away, because we have to make sure.' Focus on pipe bomb case Three weeks before the Trump administration took office, the FBI released what it said was new video of the masked person planting bombs outside the Republican and Democratic headquarters in Washington. But FBI officials said they hadn't identified a suspect or even determined for certain whether the figure was a man or a woman. Before he was named deputy FBI director, Bongino accused the FBI of lying about that person on one of his podcasts. 'I believe the FBI knows the identity of this pipe bomber on January 6th, four years ago, and just doesn't want to tell us because it was an inside job,' he said. In an interview with conspiracy theorist and political commentator Julie Kelly, Bongino said, 'I'm convinced the person who planted that pipe bomb at the DNC on January 6th was there to create a fake assassination attempt because they needed to stop Republicans from questioning in front of a national TV audience what happened in the 2020 election.' Patel also said in his Fox News interview on Wednesday that the FBI now has new leads in the pipe bomb case. He accused the Biden administration of having 'slow rolled' the investigation but offered no specific examples. Bongino defended the reopening of the investigation into who left a small bag of cocaine in the White House during the Biden administration. Bongino, a former Secret Service agent, argued that the probe was relaunched for safety reasons, not to score political points. 'I was a Secret Service agent. A potentially hazardous material made its way into the White House,' Bongino said on Fox News. 'Nobody seems to know how it got there, and nobody seemed to get to investigate it fully. … What planet do we live on where that's not of public interest?'
Daily Mail
10 hours ago
- General
- Daily Mail
FBI says to release Jeffrey Epstein video that 'PROVES he killed himself' and wasn't murdered
The FBI has reviewed video footage which confirms Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide, ruling out long-running conspiracy theories that he was murdered. The billionaire financier died in his prison cell on August 10, 2019 while awaiting his trial on sex trafficking charges. His famed little black book was said to contain the names of a host of celebrities and high powered people who could have been implicated in his crimes. When Donald Trump returned to the White House, he signed an executive order which vowed to release documents relating to the child sex trafficker. Attorney General Pam Bondi made good on that promise the following month, releasing what she called 'phase one' of the long-anticipated files. But even MAGA loyalists have been disappointed by the government's inaction on the Epstein files, sparking unrest about whether the truth will ever be made public. FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino made an effort to clear the air on Thursday on Fox News, assuring the public 'there's no DNA, there's no audio, there's no fingerprints, there's no suspects, there's no accomplices. 'I just want to be crystal clear on this. I am not asking anyone to believe me. I'm telling you what's there and what isn't,' he said. 'There's just nobody there. So I say to people, if you have a tip, let us know. But... there is nothing. 'There's video clear as day. He's the only person in there and the only person coming out. You can see it.' Bongino vowed to release the video to give voters peace of mind over the incident. 'When you look at the video - and we will release, that's what's taken a while on this. We are working on cleaning it up to make sure you have an enhanced [view],' he said. 'We're going to give the original, so you don't think there were any shenanigans. You're going to see there's no one there but him.' The assertion marked a U-turn for Bongino, who has previously spread his own conspiracy theories about Epstein's untimely passing. He alleged on his podcast last year that former President Bill Clinton is 'knee-deep in this Jeffrey Epstein scandal.' More recently, in February, Bongino said he was 'starting to hear some things about the Jeffrey Epstein files.' He claimed at the time, 'You do not know all the details of this thing, I promise.' Trump has also shared his own skepticism about Epstein's cause of death. He had shared a tweet on his page questioning how the convicted pedophile could have died while on full-time suicide watch. 'How does that happen...' the tweet read, before alleging that Epstein 'had information on Bill Clinton and now he's dead.' But FBI Director Kash Patel shot down theories earlier this month, assuring the public that Epstein died by suicide. Patel then said that everyone has a 'right to their opinion.' 'But as someone who has worked as a public defender, as a prosecutor, who's been in that prison system, who has been at the Metropolitan Detention Center, who's been in segregated housing - You know a suicide when you see one,' he replied. Patel's comments sparked fury from the pedophile's younger brother, Mark Epstein, who told the Daily Mail that Patel, 'wasn't there, he didn't see the body, he didn't see the autopsy. [He has] no idea what the f*** he's talking about.' 'It would be a lot easier for me if I thought it was suicide, but there's a long list of things that point away from it,' he added. The public are still waiting on Bondi's promised 'phase two' of the files after the disappointing first tranche was made public. The contact list, which has previously circulated in various forms, shows redacted information for dozens of the Hollywood, political and fashion elite and was purportedly compiled by Epstein and his longtime confidante Maxwell. Personal contact information was redacted throughout the list. Names who are in the address book include Mick Jagger, Michael Jackson, actor Alec Baldwin, Ethel Kennedy, Andrew Cuomo, Naomi Campbell and Courtney Love. Both Harvey and Bob Weinstein, the late Senator Ted Kennedy; actor Ralph Fiennes, Alan Dershowitz; John Kerry, Dustin Hoffman, Donald Trump 's late first wife Ivana and daughter Ivanka Trump are included among the contacts. The president himself is not listed. There is no suggestion that any person named in his contact book is linked to the atrocious crimes Epstein any evidence of a 'client list' have not yet emerged.
American Military News
11 hours ago
- American Military News
Video: FBI reveals shocking new info on Jeffrey Epstein ‘suicide'
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Deputy Director Dan Bongino announced on Thursday that the FBI is planning to release a video that will allegedly confirm that wealthy sex offender Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide in his jail cell at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York. Earlier this month, Bongino claimed that after reviewing Epstein's file, it was clear that the deceased sex offender 'killed himself.' During a Thursday appearance on 'Fox & Friends,' Bongino said, 'I'm just telling you what we see in the file. I just want to be crystal clear on this. I am not asking anyone to believe me. I'm telling you what's there and what isn't.' Bongino confirmed that there was video evidence pointing to Epstein's death by suicide, saying, 'There's going to be a disclosure on this coming shortly.' Asked by 'Fox & Friends' co-host Lawrence Jones if there was a video of Epstein killing himself,' Bongino said, 'No, no, not the actual act, but the entire MCC [Metropolitan Correctional Center] bay. It was only one camera. There's video that, when you look at the video — and we will release, that's what's taken a while on this.' READ MORE: Video: Epstein 'killed himself,' Trump's FBI directors say Bongino told Fox News that the FBI is working to provide an 'enhanced' video regarding the Epstein case; however, he added that the agency is also planning on releasing the 'original' video so that people do not think 'there were any shenanigans' with regard to video editing. 'You will see no one in there but him. There's just nobody there,' Bongino said. 'So I say to people all the time — if you have a tip, let us know — 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.' 'There's video clear as day,' the FBI deputy director added. 'He's the only person in there and the only person coming out. You can see it.' FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino says video exists that seems to show Jeffrey Epstein killed himself and it will be released publicly. — ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) May 29, 2025 Last month, FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed Epstein's death as a 'suicide' and dismissed other theories regarding the infamous sex offender's death. However, despite the FBI director's insistence that Epstein died by suicide and was not murdered, the sex offender's brother, Mark Epstein, has continued to argue that 'there's a long list of things that point away' from Jeffrey Epstein's death being a suicide.
Yahoo
14 hours ago
- General
- Yahoo
We have video which ‘proves Epstein killed himself,' claims Trump administration
The FBI plans to release video footage proving Jeffrey Epstein did kill himself, says the bureau's deputy director. Dan Bongino said that he will share CCTV evidence that debunks conspiracy theories about the death of the paedophile financier, which happened in a New York prison cell in 2019 while he awaited trial. The failure of guards to prevent Epstein, who was on suicide watch, from taking his own life has sparked online speculation about a murder conspiracy involving his network of powerful friends and associates. However, Mr Bongino said the bureau will soon release a video that proves no one entered Epstein's cell around the time of his death. He told Fox News: 'We are working on cleaning it up to make sure you have an enhanced [version] and we're going to give you the original so you don't think there were any shenanigans. 'You're going to see there is no one there but him. There's just nobody there.' According to Mr Bongino, the footage does not show the actual act of Epstein killing himself. He added: 'There's video clear as day, he's the only person in there and the only person coming out.' Kash Patel, the FBI director, earlier this month also sought to quash conspiracy theories surrounding Epstein's death, telling Fox News: 'He killed himself'. In February, Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, pledged to release all of the information the government holds on Epstein, as she accused the FBI of withholding documents relating to his case. Ms Bondi invited a select group of pro-Maga influencers to the White House where they were handed binders containing what she said was 'Phase One' of the full document release. The 200-page document contained only phone-book contacts and flight logs, most of which have been available since 2015. The damp squib sparked an online backlash, leading to Ms Bondi accusing the FBI of blocking her efforts to release information. The remaining files are yet to be disclosed, and the White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in early May that there is no 'specific timeline' for their release. One of the most high-profile people associated with Epstein is Prince Andrew, who was forced to step aside from public duties in 2019 over their friendship. The Duke of York has always denied any accusations of wrongdoing. In January last year, a New York judge released more than 900 pages of documents related to a lawsuit filed against Ghislaine Maxwell, the former British socialite and convicted sex offender who helped Epstein abuse young girls. Many of the 50 individuals named in the files, including Donald Trump, Michael Jackson and Stephen Hawking, had already been named in connection to Epstein previously. They are not accused of wrongdoing. The files released by the court did not produce a 'client list' detailing co-conspirators of Epstein. Such a list is a key demand of those who believe the authorities are holding back information on the disgraced financier's sex-trafficking operation.
The Sun
14 hours ago
- General
- The Sun
FBI to release video of Jeffrey Epstein in prison ‘confirming he killed himself'
FOOTAGE confirming disgraced pedophile Jeffery Epstein died by suicide in his jail cell will soon be released, according to the FBI deputy director. The video will prove the official police records to be correct after years of speculation over the cause of death of sex trafficker Epstein, says Dan Bongino. 2 In the almost six years since Epstein's death in 2019, many people have spoken out about conspiracy theories relating to potential foul play around his suicide. Epstein was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Detention Center in New York on August 10 as he waited for a major trial over sex-trafficking charges. The financier's death was officially ruled a suicide by hanging by the chief medical examiner based on the evidence available to them. The ruling was widely supported by the Department of Justice and the FBI. But after years of speculation, the security organisation's deputy director Bongino is now set to end all debate by releasing a video showing Epstein alone in his cell at the time of his passing. The footage will not show his actual death. Bongino told Fox News on Thursday: 'There's video clear as day. 'He's the only person in there and the only person coming out. You can see it.' The agency is continuing to review the video but Bongino says it will be released to the public shortly.
