Since the 2019 jail cell death of convicted pedophile and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, millions of Americans have remained highly skeptical of the official story that he committed suicide while detained on federal child sex trafficking charges.

Yet, according to FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, there is video evidence from the New York City jail that appears to rule out murder as the cause of Epstein's death, as the Daily Mail reported.

The revelation is significant, in large part because of its source, as Bongino was previously front and center among those who fervently questioned the official narrative and instead are adamant that Epstein didn't kill himself.

Bongino: Suicide was the cause

On Wednesday, during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, Deputy Director Bongino said of Epstein's 2019 death in an NYC jail cell, "The evidence we have in our files clearly indicates that it was, in fact, a suicide. We do have video. It’s not the greatest video in the world. I don’t want to set expectations on fire."

"However, the video does show in that specific block, that he goes in, made a phone call; you’ll see 12 hours of guards going in basically check on him, come back. You’ll see nobody really comes out of that bay in that area than him. There’s no one in there," he continued. "When you combine that with the other evidence, where we will be releasing that in the coming weeks -- we're still finalizing some of the products -- I think it's pretty clear."

"As I've clearly indicated in some of my tweets on my official account, listen, if new information surfaces in the future on any of these cases we're always open," Bongino added. "I'm just telling you there's nothing there in the file at all that indicates anything other than, in fact, a suicide."

Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino teases the soon-to-be released Epstein video, Says it confirms that he killed himself.

He also announces more new information will be coming in the next few weeks:

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Skepticism remains

To be sure, not everybody will accept Bongino's word about how Epstein died in an NYC jail cell in 2019, including Epstein's brother, Mark, who remains insistent that his brother was murdered while in police custody, presumably to keep him quiet about his wealthy friends and associates who some believe also participated in or benefited from the alleged sex trafficking of underage girls.

Mark told the Daily Mail this week, "It would be a lot easier for me if I thought it was suicide, but there's a long list of things that point away from it," and added, "Somebody could've got in to Jeff's cell and killed him."

That echoes what Mark had to say about his brother's death in an interview last year with The Guardian, in which he demanded a "full investigation" into how Epstein lost his life, according to Newsweek.

"If you look at all the evidence, including the autopsy, the photographs of his body, the bulls--t DOJ report that is filled with inaccuracies, you would never come up with the conclusion that this was a suicide -- but based on what?" he said at the time.

Former doubter changes course

Newsweek further noted that some Americans may have a hard time accepting Bongino's current claims about Epstein committing suicide, as he was previously among the most vocal proponents of the theory that Epstein didn't kill himself and was instead murdered.

Indeed, in his prior role as a conservative radio and TV pundit, Bongino often expressed his skepticism toward the official narrative that Epstein had hung himself, and even as recently as February of this year, after he'd begun working for the FBI, he stated unequivocally, "I'm not ever gonna let this story go. I'm not letting it go ever."

If and when the video footage Bongino mentioned is eventually released, it will be interesting to see if that evidence is convincing enough to finally quell the conspiratorial suspicions surrounding Epstein's untimely death that are still harbored by millions of Americans.