There was no "missing minute" in the original Epstein jail video, government source says
www.cbsnews.com
FBI officials promised raw, unaltered video to quell speculation about Epstein's suicide.

The title is a bit clickbaity but that’s the only story on this I could find and according to the rules, post needs to match the article’s title. Anyways, they are claiming that the government is in possession of the full video with the minute intact, not that the footage posted wasn’t missing a minute

  • Canaconda@lemmy.ca
    528·
    2 days ago

    The metadata says otherwise.

    I personally am not going to take the word of Pam Bondi and some anonymous government insiders on this one.

    If the footage wasn’t edited than this complete footage can also be independently verified by digital forensics. Until then there’s no evidence to back up this claim.

    Right now all we have is an unverified claim by CBS (Capitulation Broadcasting Systems) that just so happens to corroborate a Trump spokesman.

      • Canaconda@lemmy.ca
        139·
        2 days ago

        Dead link? Not sure what you mean there. Here’s the important parts of the link I provided.

        On Friday, WIRED published an analysis of metadata embedded in the video, confirmed by independent video forensics experts, which indicates that the file was 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.

        WIRED’s initial analysis found that those saves took place over a 23-minute span; however, further analysis of additional metadata shows the file was actually edited and saved several times over a period of more than three and a half hours on May 23, 2025. Specifically, the file was created at 4:48 pm and last modified at 8:16 pm ET that day. The metadata also references “MJCOLE~1,” which is likely a shortened version of a longer username. While it likely begins with “MJCOLE,” the full name cannot be determined from the metadata alone.

        Both analyses found that the two clips, labeled “2025-05-22 16-35-21.mp4” and “2025-05-22 21-12-48.mp4,” were stitched together. The first clip is 4 hours, 19 minutes, and 16 seconds long, but only the first 4 hours, 16 minutes, and 23.368 seconds appears in the published version, meaning nearly 2 minutes and 53 seconds were cut from the end. According to the metadata, the cut occurs just at 11:58:58 pm. The cut is milliseconds before the one-minute recording gap that Bondi said was caused by a quirk of the surveillance system. The second clip, “2025-05-22 21-12-48.mp4,” picks up immediately afterward, continuing the footage from 12:00:00 am until 6:40:00 am.

        • Null User Object@lemmy.world
          52·
          2 days ago

          Here’s the relevant part of the summary that they’re saying you didn’t read.

          Anyways, they are claiming that the government is in possession of the full video with the minute intact, not that the footage posted wasn’t missing a minute

          • Canaconda@lemmy.ca
            312·
            2 days ago

            they are claiming

            And you are trusting blindly.

            I’ve provided evidence. You’re giving me pam bondis trust me bro.

            • Null User Object@lemmy.world
              10·
              2 days ago

              No, this whole thread is about you jumping to conclusions and talking about the wrong video. Nobody here is supporting Pam Bondi or her claims/lies. We’re just questioning your reading comprehension skills.

            • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              101·
              2 days ago

              And you are trusting blindly.

              Stop trying to “win” for 8 seconds and read the damn sentence. Nobody is supporting Bondi. Nobody is trusting anything blindly. You’re railing against something that wasn’t even claimed by Bondi or anyone else.

              • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works
                7·
                2 days ago

                They are so completely incapable of admitting that they did not read the article or OP’s summary before posting.

      • Canaconda@lemmy.ca
        511·
        2 days ago

        Oh I see. You’re accusing me of not reading it when I’m simply not convinced.

        Welp Pam bondi saying “there’s always a missing minute” doesn’t really factor when the video is spliced together and demonstrably so.

        • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works
          82·
          2 days ago

          They are accusing you of not reading the article OP posted, or even the two sentence summary OP included in their post body.

          • Canaconda@lemmy.ca
            413·
            2 days ago

            Oh well I did. Sounds like you guys didn’t really apply any critical thinking to what you read though.

            Pam Bondi: “Trust me bro”

            Me: “Lmao no”

            You: “RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE”

            • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works
              7·
              2 days ago

              I have absolutely no clue how you have concluded from anything I’ve said in this thread (or anywhere, frankly) that I trust anything Bondi says.

            • tane69@lemmy.world
              72·
              2 days ago

              Dude lol. You cannot be this stupid

              Lmfao this freak got so mad he downvoted every comment I’ve ever made. Psychotic

    • theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world
      101·
      2 days ago

      Right, that’s exactly what this government source is saying. They’re a whistleblower confirming that the video that was released was edited because the government has the original video that includes the missing footage

      A government source familiar with the investigation says the FBI, the Bureau of Prisons and the Department of Justice inspector general are all in possession of a copy of the video that does not cut from just before 11:59 p.m. to midnight of the night Epstein died by suicide in his cell.

      Lol downvoting me because you didn’t read.

      • Canaconda@lemmy.ca
        26·
        2 days ago

        A government source familiar with the investigation says the FBI, the Bureau of Prisons and the Department of Justice inspector general are all in possession of a copy of the video that does not cut from just before 11:59 p.m. to midnight of the night Epstein died by suicide in his cell.

        Well when that footage is released and independently verified than we’ll have something to talk about.

        Considering CBS just capitulated to Trump I’m not going to trust their anonymous sources. Especially if they’re corroborating any Trump spokesman.

              • theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world
                4·
                21 hours ago

                I think this person is not misunderstanding at this point but using a very bizarre and unsuccessful strategy to attempt to save face after being correctly called out for not reading the article lol

                EDIT: LOL they’ve gone through my comment history and downvoted all of my comments…

            • theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world
              3·
              2 days ago

              So even though the footage previously release has been verified to be edited… you’re just gonna believe that this allegedly complete footage exists…

              It had to be edited from something…?

              Right now all we have is an unverified claim by CBS (Capitulation Broadcasting Systems) that just so happens to corroborate a Trump spokesman.

              Huh?? This does not corroborate a Trump spokesman, it’s literally the opposite. Can you explain what made you think it corroborates a Trump spokesman?

    • Komodo Rodeo@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 days ago

      The first analysis that I saw clocked the actual missing time as roughly 2:50 if I recall correctly, and this was when news first hit about there being a ‘magic minute’ when the system turns over during the AM hours. This is pretty typical for the FBI, not just lying, but doing a poor job of it and telling everyone who balks at their shit excuses to get fucked instead of furnishing actual credible evidence.

      • Canaconda@lemmy.ca
        31·
        2 days ago

        Even if it’s true that the recording software’s clock always skips a minute at midnight… the footage wouldn’t be split up at that point.

        There’s literally no reason for that footage to have been spliced the number of times that the metadata shows it was.

        They could prove themselves by simply releasing the raw footage without the edits. Wonder why they don’t.

        • Komodo Rodeo@lemmy.world
          2·
          2 days ago

          Bingo, it was a poor excuse for a poorly implemented security system (in a fucking prison of all places), and turned out to only serve as further obfuscation for additional problems with their story.

          • Canaconda@lemmy.ca
            13·
            2 days ago

            I’ve re-read the original article like 30 times now.

            It’s bonkers to me that people are so quick to trust this unverified claim the complete footage (without Epstein getting murdered) exists when the footage already released has been proven to be doctored.

            Like if this is legit than the footage needs to be released and verified by 3rd parties.