By Eve Beattie Steven White
Chilling CCTV footage from outside Jeffrey Epstein’s prison cell has been released, six years after the paedophile took his own life, as part of a fresh probe into his death. The disgraced billionaire was discovered hanging in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Centre in New York City on August 10, 2019. The 66-year-old had been convicted and jailed for sex trafficking offences as well as procuring a minor for prostitution , reports the Mirror. Now, around 11 hours of footage has been released, showing what life was like inside the prison on the day he was found dead as well as the day before on August 9. One brief clip shows the convicted sex offender wearing an orange jumpsuit as he’s walked to his cell by a guard at around 7.49pm. Coroners ruled his death as suicide by hanging at the time, but conspiracy theorists suggest he was murdered in a bid to silence him. However, the FBI and US Justice Department (DoJ) concluded he died by suicide and had no ‘client list’ to blackmail powerful figures. The newly released footage, released as part of the probe, doesn’t show Epstein’s cell door but it would capture anyone walking into it, the DoJ noted. Other than the guard leaving, no one else walks across towards or away from Epstein’s cell. At around 10.39pm, a guard is seen walking towards Epstein鈥檚 cell, reappearing two minutes later at 10.41pm. That is believed to be the last time anyone was near the area before Epstein was found unresponsive the next morning. Investigators found “no incriminating ‘client list’ ” of Epstein’s, “no credible evidence … that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals,” and no “evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties,” reports Axios. Back in May, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino vowed to release the footage to prove Epstein killed himself, and that no one else was involved. The Donald Trump -backed campaign spans a two-page memo that supports the medical examiner’s initial findings. He said: 鈥淭here is significant public interest. I’m just telling you what we see in the file. I just want to be crystal clear on this. “I am not asking anyone to believe me. I’m telling you what’s there and what isn’t right. There is nothing in the file at this point on the Epstein case, and there’s going to be a disclosure on this coming shortly. 鈥淣ot a video of him killing him. Not the actual act, but the entire MCC Bay, there was not only one camera. There were others. “We are working on cleaning it up to make sure you have an enhanced. And we’re going to give the original. So you don’t think there were any shenanigans. You’re going to see there’s no one there but him. There’s just nobody there. 鈥淪o I say to people, if you have a tip, let us know. But there’s no DNA, there’s no audio, there’s no fingerprints, there’s no suspects, there’s no accomplices, there’s no tips. “There is nothing. If you have it, I’m happy to see it. The video is clear as day. He’s the only person in there and the only person coming out. You can see it.鈥