Former Epstein Cellmate Drops Bombshell About Alleged ‘Suicide’

A former high-ranking mobster with firsthand experience inside the Manhattan jail where Jeffrey Epstein allegedly took his own life is directly contradicting the official narrative—and raising serious questions about the Biden Justice Department’s credibility.

Michael Franzese, a former Colombo crime family capo who spent seven months in the same tier of the Metropolitan Correctional Center where Epstein died in 2019, told NewsNation’s Ashleigh Banfield on Monday night that the Department of Justice’s suicide determination doesn’t add up.

“There’s just no way you are able to commit suicide,” Franzese said flatly. “There’s just no way to hang yourself. There’s nothing from the ceiling; there’s nothing from the bed—you’d have to be a midget and work really hard to try to hang yourself.”

Franzese, who served eight years in prison, described the conditions inside the cell and the constant monitoring by corrections officers. The idea that Epstein could quietly commit suicide under such scrutiny, while surveillance cameras mysteriously malfunctioned, struck him as laughable.

“As far as the cameras being off, I haven’t experienced that,” he added. “They [guards] walk in and look in on you all the time. Sometimes it’s embarrassing to go to the toilet because they’re walking past and looking in the cell constantly.”

Franzese concluded with what many Americans have long suspected:

“I do not believe it was suicide… you just couldn’t physically do it. It would be almost impossible to do it.”

Despite mounting skepticism from both the public and prominent voices like Franzese, the Biden Justice Department last week doubled down, releasing a memo claiming that Epstein died by suicide, that there is no “client list”, and that the agency has no further information to disclose.

“After a thorough investigation, FBI investigators concluded that Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide in his cell,” the DOJ wrote—prompting immediate backlash from President Trump’s America First base.

The narrative has been further called into question by Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.), who said during an interview with NewsNation’s Leland Vittert that he believes an Epstein “client list” did exist—before it was destroyed under the Biden administration.

“I think the files existed at one time,” Burchett stated. “I think they were destroyed in the previous administration.”

Burchett added that if the deep state had ever possessed compromising information on President Donald J. Trump, it would have been weaponized long ago:

“I think if they’d ever had anything on Trump, it would have been out Day 1 under the Biden administration.”

Franzese, who has voiced strong support for President Trump, celebrated Trump’s 2024 landslide victory over Kamala Harris by declaring:

“What a night. America won today.”

The DOJ’s recent memo seeks to put the Epstein saga to bed, dismissing claims of blackmail, powerful clients, and foul play. But with missing surveillance footage, broken protocols, and more questions than answers, critics are asking: Why the rush to close the case? And who benefits from shutting it down?

As more whistleblowers and independent voices step forward, the demand for truth is only growing louder. Americans want answers—not more convenient coincidences from a Justice Department that has repeatedly shown itself willing to cover for the powerful.