Metadata Shows the FBI's 'Raw' Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Was Likely Modified

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Source: Wired

The United States Department of Justice this week released nearly 11 hours of what it described as “full raw” surveillance footage from a camera positioned near Jeffrey Epstein’s prison cell the night before he was found dead. The release was intended to address conspiracy theories about Epstein’s apparent suicide in federal custody. But instead of putting those suspicions to rest, it may fuel them further.

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.

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.

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While there may be uncontroversial explanations for the metadata artifacts, such as stitching together multiple days of footage during compilation, or the routine export of surveillance footage to an mp4 format, the FBI did not respond to specific questions about the file’s processing, instead referring WIRED to the DOJ. The DOJ in turn referred inquiries back to the FBI and the Bureau of Prisons. The BOP did not respond to a request for comment.

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Read more: https://www.wired.com/story/metadata-shows-the-dojs-raw-jeffrey-epstein-prison-video-was-likely-modified/

[SheltieLover]

1. Shocking

[SupportSanity]

2. Shocked is the word! I am shocked!

Shocked that it took so long to come out with this!

[LymphocyteLover]

3. Who seriously doubts that the Trump DOJ is totally covering up not only Epstein being "suicided" but also Trump being

intimately associated with Epstein and engaging in pedophilia?

[miyazaki]

4. Where are the raw clips?

IKR, a dumb question, but gotta ask.

[Wiz Imp]

5. We already know the one video is missing 1 minute and 2 seconds.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/epstein-video-missing-minute-time-trump-doj.html
Trump DOJ’s ‘Full’ Epstein Video Is Missing One Minute

The video was finally released on Monday, and as promised, the administration put out both “raw” and “enhanced” versions. But the videos only reinforced the idea that “shenanigans” are afoot as both are missing a full minute of footage.

If you skip through the two 11-hour videos, you’ll see the counter on the screen jumps from 11:58:58 p.m. to 12:00:00 a.m. Gizmodo put together a video highlighting that moment:

Links to the previously unreleased footage were included in a two-page memo released by the DOJ and FBI on Monday. It said a “systematic review” by the agencies concluded there is no Epstein “client list,” there is no incriminating evidence that warrants an investigation into the pedophile’s powerful associates, and there will be no further releases of Epstein-related materials. The memo concludes by citing the surveillance video as further evidence that Epstein did in fact kill himself:

The missing minute isn’t the only fishy aspect of the new footage. As Gizmodo explains, the door to Epstein’s cell appears to be just off-camera, and the video does not match previously released crime-scene photos:

[Aussie105]

6. The official line is:

Epstein? Nah, never heard of him, don't know who he is.
What is he supposed to have done? Documents? Gosh, no idea, your guess is as good as any, but don't ask us.