00:00Newly released Justice Department documents are shining a shocking light on one of the most
00:22infamous deaths in recent history, Jeffrey Epstein's 2019 death at the Metropolitan
00:28Correctional Center. And once again, the footage and the official logs don't seem to add up.
00:34The documents, part of a massive trove of more than three million files released in early 2026,
00:41focus on a murky figure caught on surveillance at 10.39 p.m. on August 9th, 2019. The figure,
00:49dressed in orange, was seen ascending the stairs toward Epstein's isolated L tier,
00:54a high security section for the most at-risk inmates. Here's where it gets strange. The FBI's
01:01initial log described the figure as possibly an inmate being escorted. Odd, considering Epstein
01:08was under extreme federal supervision, with protocols meant to prevent exactly this kind
01:13of late-night movement. Yet, the DOJ inspector general later revised that entry to an unidentified
01:19corrections officer carrying linen or bedding, reappearing just two minutes later.
01:25Independent video analysts brought in by CBS News say it doesn't look like a guard at all.
01:32They insist the motion resembles someone in an orange jumpsuit, not someone hauling sheets.
01:38And former Attorney General Bill Barr, along with official reports, claimed no one entered the
01:43tear that night. But the footage seems to contradict that entirely. Mystery deepens when the inmate head
01:50count in the special housing unit dropped from 73 to 72 between 10 p.m. and 3 a.m. Guard Tova Noel
01:58shrugged it off as a probable mistake, claiming zero recollection of any changes. She also testified that
02:05distributing linen was never part of her duties. Her partner, Michael Thomas, who discovered Epstein's body
02:11around 6.30 a.m., couldn't recall removing the noose, while Noel insisted she never saw one.
02:18Forensics later confirmed the bagged noose wasn't the actual ligature, leaving questions about what was
02:24really around Epstein's neck. The medical examiners still ruled itself harm, even while admitting the
02:30footage was too blurry to identify anyone. That's right, a verdict based on visuals so grainy they
02:37couldn't even spot a person clearly. Earlier reports already flagged chronic failures, camera
02:43malfunctions, falsified wellness checks, and ignored directives to pair Epstein with a cellmate
02:49after a prior incident in July. These 2026 documents, however, put the spotlight on that mysterious
02:56orange figure, amplifying doubts about oversight or possible deliberate obfuscation. Social media chatter
03:04mirrors this skepticism. Users point to missing footage, conflicting guard stories, and vanished
03:10evidence. Many question whether the system was manipulated to allow this death to appear self-inflicted.
03:16In short, the more documents surface, the stranger the story becomes. And the question remains,
03:23if Epstein didn't harm himself, how exactly did it happen?
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