FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino promised Thursday to release unseen video footage from Jeffrey Epstein’s jail cell area that he claims will definitively prove the convicted sex trafficker committed suicide and was not murdered.
During an appearance on “Fox & Friends,” Bongino said the video will show “no one was there but him” at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City when Epstein died in August 2019.
“There’s video clear as day,” Bongino claimed. “He’s the only person in there and the only person coming out. You can see it.”
Months ago, Attorney General Pam Bondi made headlines by promising to immediately release all the files on the Epstein investigation when she took office. Bondi has not released any new files. Previously, authorities had claimed there was no working surveillance video inside the prison.
Thursday, the FBI deputy director claimed the new footage will silence all conspiracy theories when it is released.
“There is video and when you look at the video — and we will release it, we’re working on cleaning it up to make sure you have an enhanced – and we will give the original so you don’t think there are any shenanigans – you will see no one in there but him. There’s just nobody there,” Bongino claimed.
When co-host Lawrence Jones pressed him about whether the video shows Epstein “killing himself,” Bongino clarified that it does not show “the actual act, but the entire MCC bay, there was only one camera, there were other – there is video.”
Bongino said there was no evidence supporting murder theories, despite the Epstein family’s personal autopsy doctor saying there was evidence of homicide.
“I say to people of the time — if you have a tip, let us know — but there is no DNA, there’s no audio, there’s no fingerprints, there’s no suspects, there’s no accomplices, there’s no tips,” Bongino said. “There is nothing. If you have it, I’m happy to see it.”
Bongino, Bondi, and FBI Director Kash Patel have faced months of criticism from supporters of President Donald Trump for dismissing Epstein conspiracy theories and promising to release evidence to the public — but failing to do so.
“I have reviewed the case. Jeffrey Epstein killed himself. There’s no evidence in the case file indicating otherwise,” Bongino wrote on X weeks ago.
Patel has also defended the suicide ruling, telling Fox News in an earlier interview, “As someone who has worked as a public defender, as a prosecutor, who’s been in that prison system, who’s been in the Metropolitan Detention Center, who’s been in segregated housing, you know a suicide when you see one, and that’s what that was.”
Epstein’s mysterious death on August 10, 2019 has fueled widespread conspiracy theories suggesting the billionaire financier was murdered. These theories center on his connections to high-profile celebrities and global elites, and speculation that he could have been killed by wealthy individuals who engaged with him or were aware of his crimes.
The convicted sex predator was awaiting trial on child sex-trafficking charges when he was found dead with a bedsheet around his neck in his cell at the Manhattan federal facility.
The two guards assigned to watch him reportedly fell asleep on the day of his death and failed to conduct the required 30-minute checks. Additionally, authorities claim the other cameras in the outside hallway malfunctioned and had been previously broken.
Epstein was previously on suicide watch, but was removed from suicide watch just before his body was discovered.
The official suicide ruling has been challenged by Epstein’s family, who hired renowned forensic pathologist Michael Baden to conduct an independent autopsy. Baden concluded that based on the evidence, homicide was far more probable than suicide, contradicting the initial medical examiner’s findings.
Epstein’s brother has pointed to the camera malfunctions as key evidence supporting his belief that the official account “seems like a cover-up,” as he previously told The New York Post.
During his Thursday appearance, Bongino sought to silence skepticism about Epstein’s death while acknowledging the investigation remains technically open.
“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,” he said.
The FBI deputy director began his response cautiously, arguing that the case is never truly “closed” and again promised to release video evidence that Epstein died by suicide.
“There’s going to be a disclosure on this coming shortly,” Bongino said, teasing the upcoming video release. He stressed that the agency is “working on cleaning it up to make sure you have an enhanced” version while providing “the original so you don’t think there are any shenanigans.”
Epstein’s death occurred while he was housed in one of the most secure federal facilities in the country. The Metropolitan Correctional Center typically houses high-profile defendants and has stringent security protocols.