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Wednesday, July 30, 2025

In the weeks after Jeffrey Epstein died at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in lower Manhattan, in August 2019, then-Attorney General William Barr said his "personal review" of surveillance footage clearly showed that no one entered the area where Epstein was housed, leading him to agree with the conclusion of the medical examiner that Epstein had died by suicide. It's a claim that's been repeated by other top federal officials, including FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, who said on Fox News' "Fox and Friends" in May, "There's video clear as day " he's the only person in there and the only person coming out." But 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.

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The review doesn't refute the conclusion that Epstein died by suicide. But it raises questions about the strength and credibility of the government's investigation, which appears to have drawn conclusions from the video that are not readily observable.

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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 | Reply

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 | Reply

Epstein didn't kill himself.

#3 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-07-30 08:14 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

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 | Reply

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 | Reply

-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 | Reply

"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 | Reply

-What size is that broad brush, anyway?

pretty big.....fair point.

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

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 | Reply

"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 | Reply

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