โWe are working on cleaning it up to make sure you have an enhancedโ version of the video, the FBIโs 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.
โThereโs no DNA, thereโs no audio, thereโs no fingerprints, thereโs no suspects, thereโs no accomplices, thereโs no tips, there is nothing,โ Bongino told Fox News. โIf you have it, Iโm happy to see it.โ
Regarding the Epstein video, Bongino said it is โclear as dayโ and that the disgraced financier is โthe only person in there and the only person coming outโ of the cell.
โWe are working on cleaning it up to make sure you have an enhanced [version of the video] and weโre going to give the original so you donโt think there were any shenanigans,โ he told Fox.
Due to Epsteinโs 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 wasnโt a suicide.
After his death, Epsteinโs brother, Mark, told media outlets that he believes it wasnโt 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 Newsโ Bret Baier that Epstein died by suicide and vowed to release more details about the case.
โWe are diligently working on that,โ Patel told Fox. โIt takes time to go through years of investigations.โ
Byย Jack Phillips