FBI Director Kash Patel and his deputy, Dan Bongino, are well-known for being conspiracy theorists in their own right, but they’re feeling the heat from MAGA world after dismissing conspiracy theories about the death of Jeffrey Epstein.
Patel and Bongino faced a wave of anger after proclaiming that the alleged sex trafficker had died by suicide — and wasn’t killed in prison, as some conspiracy theorists believe. The unproven homicide allegations have spurred wild theories that Epstein might have been killed to maintain secrecy about co-conspirators, but Patel and Bongino threw cold water on the claims during a Fox Business interview on Sunday:
BARTIROMO: You said Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide. People don't believe it.
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 18, 2025
PATEL: Listen, they have a right to their opinion, but you know a suicide when you see one, and that's what that was.
BONGINO: He killed himself. I've seen the whole file. He killed himself. pic.twitter.com/0mVwRcw2KN
And Bongino was hit with a flood of conspiratorial angst by MAGA-aligned social media accounts when he doubled down in a post about the interview on X.
“I was asked about some of the details surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein case. I have reviewed the case. Jeffrey Epstein killed himself,” he wrote. “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.”








