Trump Thinks Jeffrey Epstein Killed Himself, ‘Possible’ He Was Murdered

Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein may have committed suicide, according to former president Donald Trump, who also said it was “possible” that the billionaire was killed.

Mr. Carlson brought up Mr. Epstein’s premature passing in an interview that aired on X on August 23.

Mr. Epstein, a banker with close ties to some of the most powerful people in the world, was detained in July 2019 on a number of charges linked to claims that he had run a child sex trafficking operation for many years. Though the precise number of his victims is still unknown, estimates of the young girls the billionaire trafficked range from dozens to over one hundred.

Most believe Epstein threatened to expose the misdeeds of dozens of American actors, politicians, and other affluent and influential individuals around the world because of his connections.

Mr. Epstein reportedly hanged himself from his bunk bed in a New York jail cell less than a month later, in August 2019.

However, many people have questioned the official story given Mr. Epstein’s powerful ties.

When Mr. Carlson introduced the subject of Mr. Epstein’s passing, he and President Trump were talking about former Attorney General Bill Barr, who the former leader has publicly fought since leaving office.

“Barr lies [in his book] about Jeffrey Epstein,” Mr. Carlson said, referencing a claim that the matter was investigated. However, the details of any such investigation have not been made public.

“Do you think Epstein killed himself?” Mr. Carlson asked.

“I don’t know,” President Trump said. “I will say, he was a fixture in Palm Beach. I don’t know what Barr said about it. What did he say? He killed himself, probably?”

Mr. Carlson replied, “He said [Epstein] killed himself; he said they were gonna do this investigation. They never did the investigation, it’s never been public, and they hid it. Why are they doing that?  … Why would Bill Barr be covering up the death of Jeffrey Epstein?”

“Bill Barr didn’t do an investigation on the election fraud either,” President Trump said. “I don’t know what he did with Epstein, but possibly.”

“Do you think it’s possible that Epstein was killed?” Mr. Carlson asked.

“Oh sure, it’s possible,” President Trump replied. “I mean, I don’t really believe it. I think he probably committed suicide. He had a life with, you know, beautiful homes and beautiful everything, and all of a sudden, he’s incarcerated and not doing very well. I would say that he did [commit suicide].

“But there are those people, there are many people … [that] think that he was killed.

“He knew a lot on a lot of people,” President Trump added.

Despite his belief that Mr. Epstein did kill himself, President Trump said Mr. Barr’s investigation into the matter “wasn’t well done.”

“They didn’t have cameras, they had no anything. Everybody was sleeping, and you know a case could be made,” President Trump said.

Given the possibility that Mr. Epstein may have implicated numerous influential figures, questions about the circumstances of his death were immediately raised.

Official reports state that Mr. Epstein killed himself while being under 24-hour suicide watch following an earlier attempt. The key moments when Mr. Epstein took his own life were reportedly interrupted by a guard outside his cell falling asleep. At the same time, according to official accounts, Mr. Epstein’s cell’s cameras were inoperable.

The term “Epstein didn’t kill himself” started trending on multiple social media platforms minutes after news of the financier’s death, and it has since survived in internet memes.

His ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, who assisted in luring young girls to the now-famous “Epstein Island,” is presently incarcerated for 20 years for her complicity in Mr. Epstein’s crimes.

Ms. Maxwell has withheld information regarding significant international figures who visited the island and participated in the match, nevertheless.