Overview
- Independent metadata reviews show approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were trimmed from the July 7 DOJ/FBI release at 11:58:58 pm.
- Experts found the clip was stitched from two source files and edited multiple times in Adobe Premiere Pro during a three-and-a-half-hour session on May 23.
- Attorney General Pam Bondi continues to attribute a one-minute gap to a routine nightly system reset and denies any deliberate tampering.
- The DOJ and FBI issued a companion memo reaffirming their conclusion that Epstein died by suicide and asserting that no incriminating client list exists.
- The uncovered edits have reignited concerns about outdated surveillance at MCC and intensified calls for greater institutional accountability.