US EditionFBI Leadership Reaffirms Jeffrey Epstein's Death as Suicide, Rejecting Conspiracy Theories
- Kash Patel, who leads the FBI, along with Dan Bongino, the agency's deputy head, publicly affirmed that Jeffrey Epstein took his own life in a New York City jail cell in 2019.
- Epstein's death followed his cellmate's transfer and a failure by prison staff to monitor him properly amid malfunctioning cameras and unmet safety protocols.
- Epstein, a financier charged with sex trafficking, had connections to many powerful figures and operated an alleged sex ring involving underage girls.
- The medical examiner found Epstein's injuries consistent with suicide by hanging, noting no evidence of a struggle or homicide signs.
- Despite ongoing conspiracy theories, Patel and Bongino rejected alternative explanations, emphasizing the evidence supports suicide and acknowledging people have a right to their opinions.
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Top FBI officials reject conspiracy theory on Jeffrey Epstein's suicide
The FBI’s top two officials have repudiated one of the most persistent conspiracy theories on far-right social media: that accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein did not take his own life. Their statements, however, stirred even more doubt among many who believe Epstein was the victim of shadowy forces that control the federal government. In an interview that aired Sunday, May 18, on Fox News, FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bong…
FBI chiefs outrage conspiracy theorists with their take on Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide: ‘Show us the facts’
FBI Director Kash Patel and his deputy angered the conspiracy theorists who do not believe Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide when they shot down alternative explanations for the financier’s death during an interview that aired Sunday.
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