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The “raw” surveillance footage from outside Jeffrey Epstein’s cell on the night of his death may have been modified before its release to the public.
According to a review of the metadata associated with the video, carried out by Wired magazine, there are clear signs of editing.
“The ‘raw’ file shows clear signs of having been processed using an Adobe product, most likely Premiere, based on metadata that specifically references file extensions used by the video editing software,” WIRED wrote.
WIRED went on to claim 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.”
It’s possible that the metadata changes have a harmless explanation.
“The changes could be benign—for example, converting footage from a proprietary surveillance format to a standard MP4,” the outlet wrote.
The nearly 11-hour video does not show the moment guards entered Epstein’s cell and found his body. One minute and two seconds of footage is missing.
Attorney General Pam Bondi explained the missing footage during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
“There was a minute that was off the counter, and what we learned from the Bureau of Prisons is every night they redo that video, so every night the video is reset, and every night should have the same minute missing,” Bondi said.
Conservative commentators and Trump supporters have reacted with fury to the FBI and DoJ’s apparent conclusion that the disgraced financier killed himself, and to the official decision not to release more material about the case against him, including his “client list,” which is believed to contain the names of powerful individuals for whom Epstein procured sex.
“I AM SICK OF THE LIES! YOU LOOKED AT US AND YOU LIED RIGHT TO OUR FACES,” conservative commentator Jack Posobiec said on his show on Wednesday.
