'Multiple inconsistencies' in Epstein prison video cast doubt on feds' story, experts say — mystery 'orange shape' questioned



A new investigation into the prison surveillance video from the night of Jeffrey Epstein's controversial death found inconsistencies in the government's report regarding the convicted pedophile, according to CBS News. One of the more intriguing revelations from the report is that there was an "orange shape" spotted moving up the stairs leading to the tier housing Epstein.

Epstein was arrested in July 2019 on federal charges of sex trafficking of minors. Epstein was found dead inside his prison cell of Manhattan’s Metropolitan Correctional Center on Aug. 10, 2019. Six days later, the New York City medical examiner ruled Epstein's cause of death a suicide via hanging — which ignited a firestorm of conspiracy theories.

CBS News reported that a third unidentified individual was seen in the unit on video that the feds never mentioned.

In July 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice released nearly 11 hours of surveillance video.

Citing "experts," tech blog Wired recently reported that 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." The report claimed that using Adobe software often "leaves traces in exported files, often embedding metadata that logs which assets were used and what actions were taken during editing."

"In this case, the metadata indicates the file was saved at least four times over a period of several hours on May 23, 2025, by a Windows user account called 'MJCOLE~1,'" Wired stated. "The metadata does not show whether the footage was modified before each time it was saved."

According to Wired's analysis, "one of the source clips was approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds longer than the segment included in the final video, indicating that footage appears to have been trimmed before release."

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This week, CBS News published an analysis of the surveillance footage from the night of Epstein's death.

The analysis noted that there was an "orange shape" moving up the stairs to Epstein's tier around 10:40 p.m. on the night of the convicted pedophile's death.

The 2023 report on Epstein's death released by the Department of Justice's Office of the Inspector General identified the "orange shape" as a corrections officer carrying linen or inmate clothing.

The video forensic experts expressed to CBS News that they were "skeptical about that interpretation and suggested that the shape could be a person dressed in an orange prison jumpsuit climbing the stairs."

The Department of Justice said five days after Epstein's death, the FBI seized the prison's digital video recorder system, which contained the "raw footage" of the prison near his cell.

However, the experts told CBS News that the "presence of a cursor and onscreen menu raise questions" that the video is "raw footage."

The video forensic experts said the prison footage was most likely a "screen recording rather than an export directly from a DVR system."

"They said it was unlikely to have been an export of the raw footage and that instead, it appears to be two separate video segments that were stitched together," CBS News reported.

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CBS News also noted that the video feed "jumps forward a minute just before midnight and the aspect ratio changes, again calling into question the assertion the video released was the raw footage."

The inspector general's report stated that only two staff members entered the Special Housing Unit of the Metropolitan Correctional Center after midnight. The report identified the staff as the "morning watch operations lieutenant" and a correctional officer identified as "CO3."

However, CBS News reported that a third unidentified individual was seen in the unit on the video that the feds never mentioned.

Citing video forensic experts, CBS News reported that the detailed video review raises suspicions regarding the federal government's assertion that Epstein committed suicide in his prison cell.

"The CBS News review found the video does little to provide evidence to support claims that were later made by federal officials," the news outlet stated. "Additionally, CBS News has identified multiple inconsistencies between that report and the video that raise serious questions about the accuracy of witness statements and the thoroughness of the government's investigation."

CBS News conceded that the video review "doesn't refute the conclusion that Epstein died by suicide," but actually "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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High-ranking federal government officials have declared that Epstein committed suicide, despite suspicions by many.

In November 2019, then-Attorney General William Barr told the Associated Press, "I can understand people who immediately, whose minds went to sort of the worst-case scenario because it was a perfect storm of screw-ups."

As Blaze News reported in May 2025, FBI Director Kash Patel and FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino claimed that Epstein died by suicide.

Patel said of people doubting that Epstein killed himself, "They have a right to their opinion, but as someone who has worked as a public defender, as a prosecutor who's been in that prison system, who's been in the metropolitan detention center, who's been in segregated housing, you know a suicide when you see one, and that's what that was."

"He killed himself," Bongino declared. "Again, I've seen the whole file. He killed himself."

Bongino proclaimed, "There's video clear as day — he's the only person in there and the only person coming out."

The Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General refuted the theories presented by CBS News.

"Our comprehensive assessment of the circumstances over the weeks, days, and hours before Epstein’s death included the effects of the longstanding, chronic staffing crisis in the [Bureau of Prisons] and the BOP’s failure to provide and maintain quality camera coverage within its facilities," the inspector general's office told CBS News. "As CBS notes, nothing in its analysis changed or modified the OIG’s conclusions or recommendations."

The FBI and the DOJ declined to offer a comment on the report by CBS News.

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5 questions that MUST be answered to get the truth about Epstein’s mysterious death



Jeffery Epstein’s death may have been ruled a suicide, but many know better than to trust the powers that be to give us any shred of the truth.

Tucker Carlson, who recently interviewed Epstein’s brother and only surviving relative, Mark Epstein, broached the subject of the convicted sex offender’s mysterious death.

Among other things, he learned that Mark does not believe Jeffery’s death was the result of suicide, especially after the results of Epstein’s autopsy were released.

Glenn Beck also doesn’t buy into the suicide narrative.

“If he didn’t kill himself, who did?” he asks.

But in order to get an answer to that question, there are other questions that must first be asked, Glenn says, especially considering the mysteriously broken cameras near Epstein’s cell, the fact that his cellmate was removed the day before he died, and “the guards who falsified the records and then both fell asleep.”

“Who was in that cell block?”

“Who exactly ordered the cellmate to be removed after telling the Justice Department that someone would be in the cell with him? Who made that call? Why did they make that call?”

“How about the two prison guards? Have their lifestyles changed at all? Do they just walk clean and ... find new jobs?”

“How is Maxwell still alive?”

“Where are the books, the logs, the tapes, the videos — the details?”

“This is a giant game of Tetris,” Glenn says. “At some point, there has to be a reckoning. ... The truth must be told.”


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Epstein flight logs SUBPOENAED, but what are the chances we actually see who’s on the list?



It’s been over three years since Jeffrey Epstein died in jail, and yet we still don’t know the contents of the infamous flight logs from his private jet, controversially named the “Lolita Express.”

Naturally, people want to know who flew on that plane, as it would likely lead to incriminating evidence attached to any number of politicians, billionaires, socialites, and celebrities.

But alas, the list remains under lock and key.

However, that could change, as Tennessee Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn filed a subpoena just a few days ago “demanding that Congress gain access to [Epstein’s] flight logs from his private plane,” reports Sara Gonzales.

“Since we're in the business of issuing subpoenas now, here are a few more that I filed: a subpoena to Jeffrey Epstein's estate to provide the flight logs for his private plane. Given the numerous allegations of human trafficking and sexual abuse surrounding Mr. Epstein, I think it is very important that we identify everybody that was on that plane and how many trips they took on that plane and the destinations to which they arrived,” Blackburn stated.

“I completely agree,” says Sara, but “I don't think we will ever see those names – ever, ever, ever.”

Blaze contributor and founder/owner of Rippaverse Comics Eric July agrees, adding, “It incriminates the wrong people.”

While there are likely many people on that list who perhaps are being protected, one person the current administration and the mainstream media would love to sabotage is Donald Trump, who is said to have flown on Epstein’s plane several times.

“They always want to tie Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein first,” says Sara.

“Okay, you know who also banned him from Mar-a-Lago and from staying in any of his properties?” she continues. “Donald Trump after he found out that Jeffery Epstein had done the things that he had done.”


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GOP senators push federal prison chief for answers on Epstein's death

The following is an excerpt from Blaze Media’s Capitol Hill Brief email newsletter:

While another day of the House’s impeachment drama unfolded on the other side of Capitol Hill, Republican senators demanded some answers on what happened to Jeffrey Epstein while he was in federal custody.

“Christmas ornaments, drywall and [Jeffrey] Epstein — name three things that don’t hang themselves,” GOP Senator John Kennedy said to Federal Bureau of Prisons director Kathleen Hawk Sawyer at a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Tuesday. “That’s what the American people think … and they deserve some answers."

During the hearing, Ben Sasse asked the director if she could think of any other events in the history of the bureau “that have caused as much crisis for public trust” as Epstein’s highly suspicious death. She responded that “it’s probably gotten the most public attention.”

Sasse also voiced his frustration with the fact that Sawyer wasn’t allowed to testify about the ongoing investigation into the Epstein matter. “This death happened in the middle of August, early August. It's Thanksgiving, and you're here to testify today, and you say you're not allowed to speak about this incident,” Sasse said. “I think that's crazy.”

During the hearing, Sawyer testified that she didn’t have any evidence to suggest that the alleged sex trafficker’s death was anything other than a suicide as ruled by the coroner. She did, however, say that federal investigators are looking into the possibility that “criminal enterprise” played a role in the incident.

On the same day as Sawyer’s testimony, two of the guards at the jail where Epstein died were arrested for reportedly failing to check on the prisoner.

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New Project Veritas video shows ABC anchor talking about how network 'quashed' Epstein story for three years

A new video from undercover journalism outfit Project Veritas shows ABC News anchor Amy Robach talking about how her network superiors kept a story about billionaire sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein off the air for three years.

Project Veritas says that the footage was leaked to it by "an ABC insider" and exposes "how network executives rejected allegations against Jeffrey Epstein years ago, even though there was content regarding the merit of those claims in-hand."

The footage shows Robach talking about the story from behind the anchor desk while off air.

"I've had the story for three years," Robach says during a highlighted section of the footage. "I've had this interview with [alleged Epstein victim] Virginia Roberts; we would not put it on the air."

Robach goes on to say that she was told "Who's Jeffrey Epstein? No one knows who that is" and that it was a "stupid story."

Epstein — a major Democratic donor in the past — mysteriously died in prison after being charged with child sex trafficking earlier this year. While a New York City medical examiner ruled the death a suicide, an examiner who witnessed the autopsy said that Epstein's injuries were more consistent with "homicidal strangulation." Attorney General William Barr also noted "serious irregularities" at the jail where Epstein died.

In the Veritas footage, Robach also notes pressure from the U.K. royal family due to allegations Roberts made about Prince Andrew. "We were so afraid that we wouldn't be able to interview Kate and Will that we, that also quashed the story."

Robach goes on to say that Roberts "was in hiding for 12 years, we convinced her to come out; we convinced her to talk to us."

"It was unbelievable what we had — [Bill] Clinton — we had everything," the anchor adds. "I tried for three years to get it on to no avail and now it's all coming out, and it's like these new revelations and I freaking had all of it. I am so pissed right now. Like, every day I get more and more pissed."

A longer version of the video is available on Project Veritas' YouTube channel:

UPDATE: ABC News responded to the video with a statement saying that Robach’s interview did not meet the network’s editorial standards. A statement from Robach says that that her words were said in “a private moment of frustration” and that “in the years since no one ever told me or the team to stop reporting on Jeffrey Epstein.”

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Attorney General Barr notes 'deeply concerning,' 'serious irregularities' at jail where Epstein died

Attorney General William Barr said Monday that he was "angry" to find out about accused child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's death while in federal custody at the Metropolitan Correctional Center over the weekend and vowed once again to find out how it happened.

While giving an address at the Fraternal Order of Police's annual conference in New Orleans, America's top cop paused to address the ongoing question of how Epstein's death occurred while in federal custody.

"This sex trafficking case was very important to the Department of Justice and to me personally," Barr said. "It was important to the dedicated prosecutors in the Southern District of New York and to our FBI agents who investigated the case and were preparing it for trial."

"Most importantly, this case was important to the victims who had the courage to come forward and deserve the opportunity to confront the accused in the courtroom," the attorney general continued. "I was appalled — and indeed, the whole department was — and frankly angry, to learn of the MCC's failure to adequately secure this prisoner.

"We are now learning of serious irregularities at this facility that are deeply concerning and demand a thorough investigation," Barr said. "The FBI and the office of inspector general are doing just that. We will get to the bottom of what happened, and there will be accountability."

A transcript of Barr's full remarks at the event was released shortly after by the Justice Department. Video is available below:

After news of Epstein's death broke over the weekend, Barr said Saturday in a formal statement: "Epstein's death raises serious questions that must be answered" and that there would be both an FBI and inspector general's investigation into the matter.

The circumstances surrounding the child sex trafficking suspect's weekend death, however, remain a mystery. There is no footage of what happened to the prisoner, law enforcement officials told the New York Post. Furthermore, a new report notes that Epstein's cellmate was transferred to another part of the prison before Epstein's death. Also, Epstein's death also comes on the heels of court documents in which two high-profile Democratic politicians had been named by one of the billionaire's accusers, adding to suspicions about the timing of the alleged suicide.

"Given Epstein's previous attempted suicide, he should have been locked in a padded room under unbroken, 24/7, constant surveillance," Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., said in a letter to Barr on Saturday. "Obviously, heads must roll."

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