The newly appointed FBI leadership under Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino has ignited a firestorm across conservative circles after publicly backing the official narrative that Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide — AND brushing off explosive concerns about the shocking assassination attempts on President Donald Trump.

During a tense Fox News appearance with Maria Bartiromo, the two Trump allies, celebrated as Deep State slayers, parroted the same discredited government line that patriots have fought against for years.

During the interview, Bartiromo asked Patel and Bongino about Patel's recent Senate testimony, where he was grilled by Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) about Jeffrey Epstein's death.

Kennedy asked, "Did Jeffrey Epstein hang himself or did somebody kill him?"

Patel's response was, "Senator, I believe he hung himself in a cell in the Metropolitan Detention Center."

When Bartiromo challenged Patel, noting that "people don't believe it," Patel leaned on his experience as a public defender and prosecutor.

Maria Bartiromo:
You said Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide. People don't believe it.

Kash Patel:
Well, I mean, listen, they have a right to their opinion. 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.

Dan Bongino:
He killed himself. Again, you want me to… I've seen the whole file. He killed himself.

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