A former New York mobster who served time in the very same federal jail where Jeffrey Epstein died is throwing cold water on the Justice Department’s official story—and he’s not mincing words.

Michael Franzese, a former high-ranking figure in the Colombo crime family, appeared Monday on NewsNation’s Banfield to dispute the Biden Justice Department’s claim that Epstein’s death was a straightforward suicide. According to Franzese, that explanation is simply “physically impossible.”

“Well, listen, you know, I spent seven months on that tier and in those cells,” Franzese began. “And the first thing I have to say—there’s just no way you are able to commit suicide. There’s just no way.”

Franzese, who once ran a billion-dollar fuel fraud operation before leaving the mob and turning his life around, said his own firsthand experience inside Manhattan’s Metropolitan Correctional Center tells a much different story than what federal officials are pushing.

“There’s nothing from the ceiling; there’s nothing from the bed,” he explained. “You’d have to be a midget and work really hard to try to hang yourself. And I don’t think you’d accomplish it at that point.”

Franzese also dismissed the so-called “camera malfunction” narrative and the conveniently absent prison guards, calling it a situation that defies logic and normal prison protocol.

“I haven’t experienced that. I did eight years in prison, and I haven’t experienced cameras being broken and a perfect storm of correctional officers not walking those cells.”

He continued:

“They walk in, and they look in on you all the time. As a matter of fact, sometimes it’s embarrassing to go to the toilet because they’re walking past you and looking in the cell constantly.”

Franzese, like many Americans, has been skeptical from the beginning.

“So I’ve said this from day one: I do not believe it was suicide. I can’t talk about what happened to him, but… it would be almost impossible to do it.”

The Department of Justice, now under the leadership of Attorney General Pam Bondi, concluded its review of Epstein’s death last week and insisted it had uncovered “no evidence” of foul play, no blackmail material, and no client list—a claim that’s infuriated Americans demanding transparency.

“After a thorough investigation, FBI investigators concluded that Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City on August 10, 2019,” the DOJ stated.

But the timing, the contradictions, and the convenient lack of evidence have only amplified public skepticism—and added new fuel to a fire that refuses to be extinguished.

Franzese himself blasted the DOJ’s announcement on social media, writing:

“NO!!! I am NOT HAPPY about the latest EPSTEIN announcements. CASE CLOSED???”

Franzese, who now runs a popular podcast and YouTube channel where he discusses crime, faith, and redemption, has been a vocal supporter of President Donald J. Trump. After Trump’s 2024 re-election win over Kamala Harris, Franzese celebrated publicly:

“What a night. America won today.”

With even former mobsters now casting doubt on the federal narrative, it’s clear: the Epstein scandal is far from over—no matter how hard the DOJ tries to declare it “case closed.”