The brother of the late Jeffrey Epstein stated, in an interview with Tucker Carlson this Thursday (4), that he does not believe that the billionaire committed suicide, expressing that he “can’t get any answers” from the authorities. Mark Epstein joined Carlson’s Twitter show to discuss his brother’s controversial death in 2019.
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When asked by Carlson about his beliefs regarding Epstein’s alleged suicide, Mark shared his evolving thoughts. Initially, he accepted the news without question, but after the autopsy and controversial statements by Bill Barr, the then US Attorney General, Mark began to doubt the official version. He highlighted that he only found out about the death through CNN, as the government did not notify him. “When I first heard that he was dead by suicide, I had no reason to doubt. So I accepted that. But then, after the autopsy, and after Bill Barr made that stupid statement, I said ‘this wasn’t suicide,’” Mark said.
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Mark revealed that the change in his perspective occurred after the autopsy, when both the city pathologist and a private pathologist stated that Epstein’s death did not appear to be a suicide, but rather a homicide. He explained to Carlson his subsequent attempts to understand the truth behind his brother’s death, including investigating the death certificate.
When questioning Mark about his actions as the only surviving relative, Carlson received information about the initial statement pending on the death certificate, indicating further investigation. Mark reported questioning the Justice Department about how quickly the cause of death was determined to be a suicide, raising questions about whether the decision was based on Barr’s statement. Mark suggested that after it was classified as a suicide, the investigation was halted, raising suspicions of a possible cover-up. He pointed out the lack of interviews with paramedics and hospital staff, highlighting that the responses received from the Department of Justice were evasive, limiting themselves to stating that the decision to commit suicide was the result of a thorough investigation. Mark expressed frustration at the lack of transparency and suspicion surrounding Epstein’s case, which was officially ruled a suicide despite Epstein’s own prior denials of suicidal thoughts.