The Division of Justice (DOJ) has concluded that Jeffrey Epstein killed himself and didn’t maintain a shopper record, the division decided in a memo launched Monday alongside the FBI.
The conclusion is consistent with quite a few prior evaluations after Epstein was discovered useless in his jail cell.
Nonetheless, the conclusion comes after President Trump has tapped leaders for the FBI — together with its deputy director, Dan Bongino — who’ve promoted conspiracy theories about his loss of life.
“After a radical investigation, FBI investigators concluded that Jeffrey Epstein dedicated suicide in his cell on the Metropolitan Correctional Middle in New York Metropolis on August 10, 2019. This conclusion is per earlier findings,” the memo states.
The FBI stated it enhanced footage of the world the place Epstein was housed and noticed nobody enter or go away the cell block.
“The conclusion that Epstein died by suicide is additional supported by video footage from the frequent space of the Particular Housing Unit (SHU) the place Epstein was housed on the time of his loss of life,” it states.
“As DOJ’s Inspector Common defined in 2023, anybody coming into or trying to enter the tier the place Epstein’s cell was positioned from the SHU frequent space would have been captured by this footage. The FBI’s impartial evaluate of this footage confirmed that from the time Epstein was locked in his cell at round 10:40 pm on August 9, 2019, till round 6:30 am the following morning, no person entered any of the tiers within the SHU.”
The memo additionally addressed accusations that Epstein, the financier who was dealing with intercourse trafficking expenses, stored a shopper record he might use for blackmail.
Amid a feud with Trump, Elon Musk stated the president was on that record. Trump has denied having an in depth relationship with Epstein.
“This systematic evaluate revealed no incriminating ‘shopper record.’ There was additionally no credible proof discovered that Epstein blackmailed outstanding people as a part of his actions. We didn’t uncover proof that would predicate an investigation in opposition to uncharged third events,” the memo states.
FBI Director Kash Patel had beforehand known as for releasing a listing of Epstein’s associates.
The memo in any other case stated it doesn’t plan to launch additional info from the recordsdata in order to not launch private particulars about these affected by Epstein’s actions.
Bongino while on Fox News last month stated after reviewing the recordsdata he didn’t consider Epstein was killed.
“He killed himself,” Bongino stated. “I’ve seen the entire file.”
That’s a unique tune than Bongino struck in 2023.
“Pay attention, that Jeffrey Epstein story is a giant deal, please don’t let that story go. Maintain your eye on this,” he stated on the time.