Thursday, July 31, 2025

CBS: Epstein Video Footage Reveals More Discrepancies

A CBS News analysis of the video the FBI made public earlier this month reveals that the recording doesn't provide a clear view of the entrance to Epstein's cell block -- one of several contradictions between officials' descriptions of the video and the video itself.

Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 11:32 AM | 22 COMMENTS | permalink

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A CBS News review raises questions about footage of Jeffrey Epstein's jail cell and what officials claim it shows.

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-- CBS News (@cbsnews.com) Jul 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM

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From the article:

The FBI claimed "anyone entering or attempting to enter the tier where Epstein's cell was located from the SHU common area would have been captured by this footage."

The video, cross-referenced with diagrams of the Epstein holding area, does not appear to support that finding. That becomes obvious in the first 10 minutes of the video. Epstein's cell was in the L Block, accessible via a staircase from the Special Housing Unit's common area. When Epstein appears on camera, he is seen walking toward the stairs leading to his cell, but since the staircase is almost entirely out of view from the camera, he is never seen ascending.

The entrance to Epstein's cell, as well as the primary entrance to the SHU, are off camera in the same direction, meaning there's no way to tell from the video if he went to his cell or exited the SHU.

#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-07-30 06:20 AM

Another tidbit:

At 12:05:48 a.m., an unidentified individual passes through the SHU.

The inspector general's report says only two staff members entered the unit after midnight: one is a corrections officer, identified only as "CO3," and the other is described as the Morning Watch Operations Lieutenant. The presence of a third unidentified individual seen on the video is not addressed by the inspector general's report.


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#2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-07-30 06:22 AM

Epstein didn't kill himself.

#3 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-07-30 08:14 AM

Epstein didn't kill himself.

#3 | Posted by Nixon

Trump killed Epstein.

Why the entire American public isn't there is because Trump is taking advantage of the powerful tendency of normal people not to believe that people like him could actually be as evil as he is.

Kind of interesting in a world that gave us Stalin, Pol Pot, and Ted Bundy all in one lifetime.

But there it is.

#4 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-30 08:54 AM

Here's a MAGAt brain tickler.
Jeffrey Epstein was in federal custody when he, one way or the other, died.
Any idea who ran the federal government at that time?
You know, when Donald Trump's "former" friend died while in federal custody?
The envelope, please ...

#5 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-07-30 12:53 PM

-Any idea who ran the federal government at that time?

what does "ran the federal government" mean?

When Obama was president, this place declared the republicans were still in charge.

Same goes with Biden.

The republicans are always running the federal government.

gerrymandering, unified party line, citizens united, etc....all reasons why the GOP is never not in charge.

#6 | Posted by eberly at 2025-07-30 12:58 PM

"what does "ran the federal government" mean?"

Within the context of the subject at hand? Epstein was under Executive Branch control, and the Executive Branch was headed by Donald J. Trump.

"this place declared"
What size is that broad brush, anyway?

#7 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-07-30 03:36 PM

-What size is that broad brush, anyway?

pretty big.....fair point.

#8 | Posted by eberly at 2025-07-30 03:44 PM

what does "ran the federal government" mean?

#6 | POSTED BY EBERLY

In this case it means who ran the prison Epstein was murdered in.

This was Donald Trump through AG Barr.

Barr excused Epstein's death by saying the circumstances were essentially miraculous.

MAGA is going to but that....For as long as Trump is implicated.

#9 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-30 04:12 PM

"MAGA is going to buy that....For as long as Trump is implicated"

Or maybe not, provided the entirety of the Epstein files are released.

I conclude, therefore, that unexpurgated Epstein files will never see the light of day for as long as Donald Trump can arrange it.

#10 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-30 04:15 PM

This FBI and DOJ have lied from the word "go" regarding every single aspect of evidence and expectations of evidence.

No confidence, I expect that we will witness the implosion of these agencies.

Release the bank transactions and Epstein emails and cut to the chase.

#11 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-07-31 11:38 AM

@#1 ... The entrance to Epstein's cell, as well as the primary entrance to the SHU, are off camera ...

Had the direction the camera is pointing been changed at some time before Mr Epstein died?

It seems odd that a security camera's field of view would not fully cover the stairway's common area entry point.

#12 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-31 12:28 PM

Well, I guess the sale of CBS is now off, and Colbert's job is safe again...

#13 | Posted by catdog at 2025-07-31 03:15 PM

The "orange blob" seen in surveillance video, headed up to the 2nd level where Epstein was, could very well have been an inmate on his way to take Epstein out while guards looked the other way.

Independent forensic experts had never seen a case, out of thousands of jail suicides, with the specific combination of injuries on Epstein's neck, internally and externally. They've said it would not have been possible for him to self-inflict that combination of wounds using a bedsheet in that cell.

#14 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-08-01 01:43 AM

#14: A mobster who spent time in that very cell in MCC agrees with you: www.skynews.com.au

#15 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-08-01 01:46 AM

#15 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS

Michael Franzese has more credibility than Trump or his FBI and DOJ. As do a plethora of medical examiners and forensic experts.

#16 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-08-01 01:54 AM

Most everyone knows a kiddy-diddler, and especially a high profile one, would draw the ire of an inmate looking to make a name for himself.

#17 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-08-01 01:56 AM

@#12, 14

imo, questions that needs to be answered.



#18 | Posted by lamplighter at 2025-08-01 02:01 AM

Trump
Killed
Epstein.

Trump
Is A
Pedophile.

#19 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-08-01 02:06 AM

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[Chorus]
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Well, it's a brimful of Asha on the forty-five
Brimful of Asha on the forty-five
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#20 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-01 02:33 AM

TRump's newest reason he ended his friendship with Epstein - that Epstein stole Mar A Lago employees - makes TRump sound even more like a pedophile because ... the employee Trump ended their friendship over was an underage teenager.

#21 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-08-01 04:59 AM

#21: Jeffrey Epstein's business needed golf caddies, waiters, bartenders, boot blacks, golf instructors, or landscapers, that's why he "stole" a 16-year-old nymphet from Trumpf's Mar-A-Lago golf resort spa: media.cnn.com

Makes sense to me!

#22 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-08-01 05:11 AM

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