By Grace Vuoto
FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino have both recently stated that convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s death was a suicide. However, the known evidence points to homicide. So why are these discerning minds telling us otherwise?
Epstein died on August 10, 2019, in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Centre in New York City. Official reports concluded he hung himself with a bed sheet. Yet, from the outset, there were mysterious circumstances that led to a public outcry for answers. President Donald Trump signed an executive order in January, calling for a review of the matter.
In a May 18 Fox News interview with Maria Bartiromo, Patel insists that his widespread experience in law enforcement leads him to conclude that this is a suicide; and his acolyte, Bongino, doubles down on the ridiculous assertion.
“I have seen the whole file. He killed himself,” said Bongino.
It appears that our new FBI leaders simply read what was spoon-fed to them in the existing documents and have not investigated any further. Yet, we did not appoint them to regurgitate the so-called “official findings”: their mission is to investigate and uncover more information. Evidently, they did not do so and are instead standing down. Why? Have they been threatened?
The same pattern can be detected in the behavior of Attorney General Pam Bondi who had vowed to reveal a huge tranche of documents, only to disclose previously released information.
Hence, Patel, Bongino and Bondi have failed to address the persistent calls for a full accounting of Epstein’s conduct, including the names of all those who participated in the pedophile sex ring, and the manner of his death.
Epstein supposedly hung himself using bed sheets, off the side of his bed. His brother, Mark Epstein, conducted an experiment with the same type of beds sheets and concluded they would have torn; they could not have held his brother’s weight. Also, it is difficult to imagine a bed frame that could be high enough to allow a grown man, measuring 6 feet and weighing 185 pounds, to strangle himself. The story is implausible.
Furthermore, Epstein was afraid he would be killed and directed money into the account of cellmates to be used for protection. He had stated that there was an attempt on his life while in prison, by a cellmate attack. If he were suicidal, he would not be fighting so frantically to protect his life. He was begging for help.
In sharp contrast to this story of a man trying to live, he was placed on “suicide watch,” then taken off suicide watch. A cellmate was required to be present at all times, according to prison procedures and regular checks to be conducted by prison guards. Yet, on the night of his death, there was no assigned cellmate, the prison guards failed to do their half-hour checks and the cameras that had a spotlight on Epstein’s cell door miraculously malfunctioned.
The Epstein family hired a forensic pathologist, Dr. Michael Baden, to review the autopsy. He concluded the fractures on his neck were unlike any in over one thousand jail hangings; the three specific fractures in Epstein’s neck point to murder, in his estimation. Moreover, the scene was not treated as a crime scene and insufficient data was taken the night of his death, contrary to standard procedures.
Are we really to believe that the most notorious pedophile of our time—the very individual that had videos and documents of the nation’s elite engaging in heinous sexual practices with minors—would conveniently commit suicide so that very same elite could be spared a trial and ultimately also avoid prosecution?
Patel, Bongino and Bondi have not been elevated into their roles to be merely the mouthpieces of official propaganda and lies. Their evasions will not result in ending all the legitimate questions the public has about this vile predator. The truth is: the predator had hundreds of wealthy clients who sustained his enterprise for decades.
And they are still roaming the earth, unimpeded. While Epstein’s victims such as Virginia Giuffre also committed “suicide” in April; her father disputes this and is calling for an investigation. Another Epstein victim, Carolyn Adriano, died of an “accidental overdose” in May, 2023; her mother has demanded an investigation. Adriano’s testimony was key to putting Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s accomplice, behind bars.
Epstein’s clients, whose appetite for young flesh was repeatedly satisfied for decades, somehow get all the lucky breaks. Everyone who can point a finger suddenly dies.
And perhaps the real story is that Bondi, Patel and Bongino have also been warned that more “suicides” can be arranged, if necessary. If they are too afraid to do their job, they must resign. We will not stop demanding answers and accountability.
-Grace Vuoto, Ph.D. is a political commentator and columnist. She can be heard Wednesday mornings at 9:00 am on The Kuhner Report WRKO-AM 680.
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