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Friday, July 11, 2025

FBI deputy director Dan Bongino took off work Friday following a clash with attorney general Pam Bondi over her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case. Two sources told Axios that Bongino was increasingly unhappy of Bondi's handling of the matter because he felt she had overpromised and underdelivered information about the disgraced financier's alleged "client list," and three sources said the deputy director was blamed internally for the "missing minute" from surveillance video recorded outside Epstein's jail cell. "The fact is, Dan was for releasing the information with the video and had no problem until he got heat online," a senior administration official told Axios.

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MAGAts are tying themselves in knots trying to cover for Epstein's gelatinous wingman.

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-07-11 01:49 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

The video Bondi released was edited.

At last, a Trump scandal even MAGA gets angry about.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-11 02:23 PM | Reply

Most republicans are currently pondering whether pedophilia is actually bad.

That's who conservatives have become thanks to Trump.

#3 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-11 03:48 PM | Reply

Epstein Prison Video Was Allegedly Modified' Before Being Made Public

The footage from outside of Jeffrey Epstein's prison cell around the time of his death in August 2019 was modified before it was released by the Department of Justice earlier this week, according to an analysis by WIRED and independent video forensics experts.

Metadata embedded in the video and analyzed by WIRED and independent video forensics experts shows that rather than being a direct export from the prison's surveillance system, the footage was modified, likely using the professional editing tool Adobe Premiere Pro. The file appears to have been assembled from at least two source clips, saved multiple times, exported, and then uploaded to the DOJ's website, where it was presented as "raw" footage. From the bombshell report:

Experts caution that it's unclear what exactly was changed, and that the metadata does not prove deceptive manipulation. The video may have simply been processed for public release using available software, with no modifications beyond stitching together two clips. But the absence of a clear explanation for the processing of the file using professional editing software complicates the Justice Department's narrative. In a case already clouded by suspicion, the ambiguity surrounding how the file was processed is likely to provide fresh fodder for conspiracy theories.

#4 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2025-07-11 04:14 PM | Reply

www.mediaite.com

#5 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2025-07-11 04:14 PM | Reply

"Just for that, I'll give myself a three-day weekend while my agents work 10-12 hours on Friday keeping Americans safe. That's leadership!"
~FBI DD/FBI Dan Bongi-no-Brains

#6 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-07-11 04:15 PM | Reply

@#4 ... The file appears to have been assembled from at least two source clips, saved multiple times, exported, and then uploaded to the DOJ's website, where it was presented as "raw" footage. ...

Well, if correct, that ain't good.


btw, the link in #4 no longer seems to work (I get a 404).

I found this ...

Metadata Shows the FBI's Raw' Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Was Likely Modified
www.wired.com

... There is no evidence the footage was deceptively manipulated, but ambiguities around how the video was processed may further fuel conspiracy theories about Epstein's death. ...


#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-11 05:41 PM | Reply

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