FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino are facing fierce criticism for asserting convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein indeed killed himself in jail, and also downplaying concerns about the assassination attempts on President Donald Trump.
As WorldNetDaily reported, Maria Bartiromo of Fox News on “Sunday Morning Futures” asked both officials why many Americans don’t buy the government assertion that Epstein committed suicide in a New York City holding facility.
“They have a right to their opinion,” Patel said, “but 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.”
Bongino said: “He killed himself. I’ve seen the whole file. He killed himself.”
Kash Patel and Dan Bongino say Jeffrey Epstein killed himself. So either Patel and Bongino have launched a new Deep State coverup to protect co-conspirators in a demonic sex trafficking ring, or Epstein did in fact kill himself pic.twitter.com/2k1nsN6jLY
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) May 18, 2025
Regarding the case of notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, Bartiromo asked both officials why many Americans don’t buy the government assertion that Epstein killed himself in a New York City jail.
“I call bullsh**,” said Infowars host Alex Jones.
“Overall, I think Kash Patel and Dan Bongino are doing a great job, but on this claim that Epstein’s death is not a cover-up I call bullsh**.”
Jones posted a lengthy comment on X, indicating: “EPSTEIN confirmed a suic*de? Maria sits down with FBI’s Kash Patel and Dan Bongino, who claim Epstein did, in fact, commit suic*de. Now, let’s get into why people do not believe this theory.”
Number one, Maurene Comey, Fmr. disgraced FBI Dir. James Comey’s daughter was in charge of Epstein’s alleged suic*de investigation, which isn’t a good start, and Maurene allegedly lost the jailhouse CCTV tapes as a result of a technical error.
Then on top of the “lost/erased tapes,” through a “technical error,” both security guards “fell asleep,” who were supposed to be watching Epstein’s cell, who was on 24hr surveillance for suicide watch which is standard procedure in every jail and being a high-profile prisoner.
There are rumors and a video you can search which claims nitrous oxide was used to knock the guards out, which then Epstein was taken out by another individual. Others claim the guards were paid not to talk.
Either way, for the tapes to mysteriously go missing or erased and to have not one, but TWO guards both fall asleep coincidentally, the odds of both of these happenings to occur at the same time in the same place are astronomical.
We know the Comey’s are corrupt. James Comey just sent out a dogwhistle to have our sitting president assassinated. Why do you think he would do that? What [do] Comey, the Clintons, and the Obamas all have to hide? Are you paying attention to Trump’s recent posts? Are you starting to connect the dots? Remember, there are no coincidences.
Regarding the two attempts on Trump’s life, Patel cited two reasons for the lack of specific details released.
“Two open, ongoing prosecutions,” he said. ‘Two of the investigations are obviously closed because the individuals are dead, but there’s two live prosecutions … so we can’t get ahead of the federal court case.”
“We have personally invested our time in making sure that we have looked at any possible international connections to terrorism and adversaries alike.”
NEW: Kash Patel and Dan Bongino break their silence on why we still don’t have answers about the Trump assassination attempts.
It’s the question nobody in the media wants to ask—but millions of Americans are still wondering:
Why don’t we know more about the attempts on… pic.twitter.com/EtjKGsBIw1
— The Vigilant Fox (@VigilantFox) May 18, 2025
“Kash is not kidding,” said Bongino. “We’ve been personally briefed extensively on every single detail, nugget, tendril of this case.”
He said he’s aware many feel the federal government is hiding something about the assassination attempts.
“I’m not going to tell people what they want to hear. I’m going to tell you the truth, and whether you like it or not is up to you,” Bongino explained.
“In some of these cases, the ‘there’ you’re looking for is not there. And I know people, I get it, I understand. It’s not there. If it was there, we would have told you.”
Jim Hoft at the Gateway Pundit reported: “This is a stunning reversal from Bongino’s previous whistleblowing on Secret Service failures. Just last year, he blew the lid off the culture of corruption in the Secret Service.”
“Thomas Crooks was able to do the following on July 13:
- Flew a drone over the Pennsylvania fairgrounds and got aerial footage of the rally layout on the day of the event – including 2 hours before Trump took the stage.
- Got a range finder through security.
- Evaded law enforcement officers from several different state, local and federal agencies.
- Somehow ‘climbed’ up on a roof with his rifle 450 feet away from Trump, bear crawled to the perfect vantage point as bystanders alerted police and was still able to take 8 shots at Trump.
- Parked a vehicle full of explosives near the Trump rally
- Crooks was able to walk around the premises after snipers took a photo of him looking suspicious.
- A sniper located in the second story window was only 40 feet away from Crooks and didn’t neutralize him.
- Trump was still able to take the stage after Crooks was pegged as suspicious by Secret Service.
The Gateway Pundit added: “Meanwhile, new court documents were released that reveal would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh was in talks to purchase a Stinger Missile to take out Trump here in the U.S.
“A Stinger missile reportedly costs from $119,000 to $120,000. A Stinger missile costs anywhere from $50,000 to $80,000 on the black market. … [C]ourt documents reveal that Routh was communicating with someone he ‘believed to be a Ukrainian with access to military weapons.’”
WATCH PARTS ONE AND TWO OF THE FULL INTERVIEW:
Thank you @FBIDirectorKash @FBI @FBIDDBongino @SundayFutures @FoxNews https://t.co/fwSKEhFiVx
— Maria Bartiromo (@MariaBartiromo) May 18, 2025
@FBIDirectorKash & @FBIDDBongino reveal the latest on President Trump’s assassination attempts, the new direction of the FBI, and plans to leave the Hoover Building in part 2 of @MariaBartiromo‘s exclusive interview. pic.twitter.com/JwHe7zoOVb
— SundayMorningFutures (@SundayFutures) May 18, 2025
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WATCH: Kash Patel and Dan Bongino asked point blank: Was the FBI egging people on during Jan. 6?
