‘We are working on cleaning it up to make sure you have an enhanced’ version of the video, the FBI’s Dan Bongino says.
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino on Thursday repeated his assertion that notorious sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein died from suicide and said that the bureau will release a video of the August 2019 incident.
In an interview with Fox News, Bongino said that surveillance video footage at the jail where Epstein was housed showed that no one entered his cell at the time of his suicide. No forensic evidence showed that another person was in the cell or present at that time, he added.
“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,” Bongino told Fox News. “If you have it, I’m happy to see it.”
Regarding the Epstein video, Bongino said it is “clear as day” and that the disgraced financier is “the only person in there and the only person coming out” of the cell.
“We are working on cleaning it up to make sure you have an enhanced [version of the video] and we’re going to give the original so you don’t think there were any shenanigans,” he told Fox.
Due to Epstein’s connections with high-level politicians, business leaders, royal family members, and other luminaries, there has been widespread speculation that the manner and cause of death wasn’t a suicide.
After his death, Epstein’s brother, Mark, told media outlets that he believes it wasn’t a suicide. Former New York City medical examiner Michael Baden, who was hired by Mark Epstein to observe the Epstein autopsy in 2019, said it showed he likely died via homicide, fueling further speculation.
No video footage of Epstein being inside the New York City jail cell has ever been released to the public.
On Wednesday evening, FBI Director Kash Patel told Fox News’ Bret Baier that Epstein died by suicide and vowed to release more details about the case.
“We are diligently working on that,” Patel told Fox. “It takes time to go through years of investigations.”
