Metadata Shows the FBI’s ‘Raw’ Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Was Likely Modified
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Summary
The US Department of Justice released video footage taken near Jeffrey Epstein’s prison cell on the night before his death to dispel conspiracy theories about his suicide.
However, the video’s metadata suggests it had been manipulated using a professional editing tool and may have been assembled from at least two source clips.
While the edits may be benign, such as converting surveillance footage to a standard MP4 format, the absence of an explanation for the manipulation of the video is likely to fuel conspiracy theories.
Attorney General Pam Bondi had promised the release of records related to Epstein, leading to expectations of new information, but the memo largely repeated earlier conclusions.
Metadata also revealed a one-minute gap in the footage, as well as a technical error that resulted in most cameras inside Epstein’s Special Housing Unit not recording between July 29 and August 9, 2019, alongside system failures and staffing issues at the Metropolitan Correctional Center.
Conspiracy theorists will use any inconsistencies in the official narrative to support their theories, with every piece of evidence pointing to Epstein’s suicide being used as proof that he was killed by powerful figures who bungled the cover-up.
