Epstein, 66, was discovered lifeless in his cell on the Metropolitan Correctional Middle in New York on August 10, 2019, whereas awaiting trial on intercourse trafficking prices.
The medical expert dominated the dying a suicide, however the circumstances round his dying have continued to gasoline conspiracy theories. Patel and Bongino rejected these theories throughout an look on Fox Information.
“You mentioned Jeffrey Epstein dedicated suicide,” anchor Maria Bartiromo requested Patel, including: “Folks do not consider it.”
Patel replied: “Everybody has a proper to their opinion. As somebody who has labored as a public defender, as a prosecutor who’s been in that jail system, who has been on the Metropolitan Detention Middle, who’s been in segregated housing – you recognize a suicide whenever you see one.”
Bongino, 49, added: “He killed himself. I’ve seen the entire file. He killed himself.”
He later wrote on X: “There is not any proof within the case file suggesting in any other case. If new proof surfaces, I am joyful to re-evaluate.”
Mark Epstein, nonetheless, mentioned the claims made by Patel and Bongino have been baseless.
He raged: “He has no thought what the f*** he is speaking about,’ he mentioned of Patel. “He wasn’t there, he did not see the physique, he did not see the post-mortem.”