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Officials Say Uncut Epstein Jail Video Exists as Forensic Reviews Expose Edits

Investigators claim possession of an unedited copy covering the one-minute gap in surveillance footage.

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Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in Cambridge, MA on 9/8/04. Epstein is connected with several prominent people including politicians, actors and academics. Epstein was convicted of having sex with an underaged woman. (Photo by Rick Friedman/Corbis via Getty Images)

Overview

  • Government sources say the FBI, Bureau of Prisons and DOJ inspector general hold a copy of the MCC SHU video that includes the minute missing from the public release.
  • Metadata analyses by Wired and CBS forensic experts indicate the released footage was a screen capture stitched from two segments and played back slightly faster than the original.
  • Reviewers point to visible on-screen cursors and a timestamp jump before midnight as evidence of post-production manipulation rather than raw export.
  • Camera angles fail to fully show the SHU staircase or cell entrance, creating blind spots that experts warn could conceal unrecorded movement.
  • A shadowy orange shape captured at 10:40 p.m. on the stairway is disputed by analysts who argue it may be an inmate in uniform rather than a corrections officer carrying linens.