FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino both said Jeffrey Epstein killed himself inside the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City.
“You said Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide. People don’t believe it,” Fox News‘ Maria Bartiromo said.
“They have a right to their opinion,” Patel answered.
“You know a suicide when you see one and that’s what that was,” he continued.
“He killed himself,” Bongino said.
“I’ve seen the whole file. He killed himself,” he added.
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REPORTER: “You said Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide. People don’t believe it.”
PATEL: “They have a right to their opinion but…you know a suicide when you see one, & that’s what that was.”
BONGINO: “He killed himself. I’ve seen the whole file. He killed himself.” pic.twitter.com/pduX7bU9AF
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) May 18, 2025
Fox News reports:
Conservatives were livid in February after the Trump administration’s Justice Department facilitated a release of documents related to the Epstein case that critics claimed had been “a complete disappointment.” The documents did not include a so-called “client list,” nor were there any new revelations regarding Epstein’s alleged sex trafficking.
“I nor the task force were given or reviewed the Epstein documents being released today… A NY Post story just revealed that the documents will simply be Epstein’s phonebook, THIS IS NOT WHAT WE OR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ASKED FOR and a complete disappointment. GET US THE INFORMATION WE ASKED FOR!” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., posted on X.
After the blowback, Attorney General Pam Bondi told Fox News’ Sean Hannity in March that the Justice Department had received “thousands of pages” of additional documents from the DOJ office in the Southern District of New York after she had given them a deadline to turn them over. Bondi claimed the DOJ had received a “truckload of evidence” and that a detailed report from the FBI was forthcoming. No report has been issued to date.
Epstein and Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre died by suicide in April. Giuffre, 41, was one of the most prominent accusers to step forward and sued Prince Andrew in New York in 2021, claiming she was forced to have sex with him three times between 1999 and 2002. She claimed she was recruited by Epstein’s then-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell when she was just sixteen years old.
“I was asked about some of the details surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein case. I have reviewed the case. Jeffrey Epstein killed himself. There’s no evidence in the case file indicating otherwise. I’m not asking you to believe me, or not. I’m telling you what exists, and what doesn’t. If new evidence surfaces I’m happy to reevaluate,” Bongino wrote on X.
I haven’t done any media interviews to this point because I want to keep the attention on the work. I don’t work for myself anymore, I work for you.
But it is important to relay to you what we’re doing, and the media can be a tool for that. That’s why we chose a long-form…— Dan Bongino (@FBIDDBongino) May 18, 2025
From the New York Post:
Epstein’s abrupt death in 2019 has long been subject to conspiracy theories and conjecture that malfeasance was at play in his demise. Many conspiracy theories suggested that some of the rich and famous clients Epstein served over the years may have been interested in offing him.
However, during a Senate hearing earlier this month, Patel made clear that he believed Epstein’s death to be a suicide and nothing more.
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