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Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the

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Epstein Chronicles. Ever since the death of Jeffrey Epstein, we

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have heard from the federal government that without a doubt,

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it was the suicide and that there's no question in

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their mind that Jeffrey Epstein took his own life, and

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they say that they have viewed video and evidence that

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leads them to that conclusion. The only problem with that

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is they haven't shared that evidence with the rest of us,

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and it just so happens that the narrative that they

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tried to pitch to us doesn't really fit with the

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reality of what happened inside of that facility. And it's

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been very obvious from the first suicide attempt or alleged

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suicide attempt. I should say that something was amiss. And

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when you go back and you look at the decisions

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that were made, you have to ask yourself what the

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hell was going on at MCC and why in the

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hell did they make decisions that they made, Because Jeffrey

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Epstein should have never been in a cell with Nicholas

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Tartaglioni in the first place. And if you notice, they

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always glaze over that part of the story. They talk

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about it as if it's some kind of footnote, as

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if it's not an important part of what happened. And

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in my opinion, it's a gigantic part. Because I've said

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it once and I'll say it again. I think that

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Tartaglioni was put in that gel cell to send a

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message to Jeffrey Epstein, and that message was, listen, bro,

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we can reach out and touch you anytime we want,

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so either you do it or will do it. And

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at that point Epstein knew that he was cooked, and

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he's been around long enough to know that when you're

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cooked in that world, well, that means that you're finished.

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That doesn't mean you're getting fired or that you're going

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to be exiled. It means you're going to be deleted

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from the playing board. And that's exactly what ended up

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having happening with Jeffrey Epstein, isn't it. But they'll tell

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you that everything that went wrong was just a coincidence

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and that it was just the perfect storm of screw

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ups all at the same time that led to this

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gigantic disaster, and that's what they want you to believe,

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And for years they have been adamant about that narrative,

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and anybody who questioned that narrative was considered a kook,

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was considered somebody that might as well be talking about

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Little Green men, as if there weren't mountains of evidence

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about Jeffrey Epstein in his crimes and about what went

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down and about what happened in that jail cell on

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the night in question, And now with the spotlight really

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turned up, people are asking questions once again about what

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happened in that jail cell, and I think people are

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on the right track. There's a lot of salacious side

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quests and a lot of things coming out in the

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files that they want you to dive into, and they

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want you to go after things like babies get eaten,

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you know, all kinds of unsubstantiated claims, and look, I'm

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not saying that those claims aren't true. I don't know,

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but I will tell you this, that's one of their

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favorite traps. They want to make everybody seem like they're crazy.

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They want everybody talking about this story to be framed

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as nothing more than somebody out here is searching for Bigfoot.

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And what's the best way to do that, Well, sprinkle

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some fake stuff in with the real stuff. Release it

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and then let the party begin. Keep in mind that

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everything's about confusion and obfuscation when it comes to Jeffrey

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Epstein's people. That's always been the plan. And what better

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way to add some confusion than to have people on

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these crazy side quests, Because if we're spending all of

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our time jumping down those rabbit holes, then we're not

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spending our time on the systemic failures that occurred. And

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I think at this point that is the most important

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path to travel, and that's because this manning infrastructure is intact.

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I'm talking about going after the people that we know

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we can get indictments on in Dike Khan, the Core four,

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and then if you want to talk about financial crimes,

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we could talk about Leon Black, we could talk about

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Les Wexner, we could talk about Glenn Dubin. The list

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goes on, and I know we all get caught up

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on the most horrendous part of this, and of course

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that's the most important part of it, right getting justice

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for those girls who were wronged. But at the same time,

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we have to understand that there's plenty of ways to

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skin a cat, and you don't always have to go

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after people on the most salacious charges to make sure

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that they're punished. And I've brought up the analogy before

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and I'll bring it up again. Look at al Capone.

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They didn't get them for all the murders, right, They

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didn't get them for the mayhem. They got them for

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tax evasion. And in my opinion, there's certainly been a

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ton of tax evasion when we're talking about Jeffrey Epstein's friends.

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So it's not just the human trafficking and sexual abuse

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that's criminal. We're talking about an international money laundering scheme

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that involves some of the most powerful people in the

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whole entire world. That's what they don't want you focused on.

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They want you focused on other things that make you

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look like some kind of crazy. So I'll leave that

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to other people here on the podcast. We're gonna stick

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to doing what we always do, and that's following the

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evidence wherever it leads us. Today's article is from CBS

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News and the headline who entered Epstein's jail tier the

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night of his death. Newly released video logs appear to

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contradict official accounts. Well that's a shock, huh. I thought

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that official narrative was air tight. Isn't that what Dan

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Bongino told us. I mean, according to him and Cash Betel,

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there was no evidence of anything nobody else involved, and

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certainly no evidence at Epstein did anything besides kill himself.

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And you know that they've been privy to a lot

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more evidence than us. They certainly seen more evidence than

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the general public. And they have the audacity to get

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up there and lie and act like nobody's going to

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call them out, and everybody's just going to be like, oh, okay, cool,

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Dan Bongino said, So, so why don't we just trust

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him and his sweaty ass forehead? Sounds like a gray plan, folks.

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The buffoonery is real. This article was authored by Daniel Rutnik.

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Newly released Department of Justice documents show that investigators reviewing

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surveillance footage from the night of Jeffrey Epstein's death observed

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in orange colored shape moving up a staircase toward the

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isolated locked tier where his cell was located at approximately

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ten thirty nine pm on August ninth, twenty nineteen. That

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entry in an observation log of the video from the

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Metropolitan Correctional Center appears to suggest something previously unreported by authorities.

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A flash of orange looks to be going up the

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el tier stairs. Could possibly be an inmate escorted up

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to that tier. Look, we have no idea what happened

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that night. Do you know that five or six different

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guards refused to even speak to the OIG investigators. I mean,

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think about that for a second. These clowns have pitched

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you a story that's not even half true, and it's

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a story that's been disputed from the very beginning. Why

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was Jeffrey Epstein's death reported on four Chan like thirty

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eight minutes before it was picked up by legacy media?

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Still no answers for that. It also appears, according to

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an FBI memorandum, that reviews by investigators led to disparate

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conclusions by the FBI and those examining the same video

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from the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General. The

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FBI log describes the fuzzy image as a possible inmate.

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Like what what does that even mean? Possible? I mean

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that can't really be the case, right, Dan Bongino told

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us something completely different. Cash Pateel told us something completely

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different while he was under oath, So that can't be true.

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Cash Pateel would never lie to us, right, How about

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Dan Bongino, two very very very honorable men, pillars of society,

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Salt of the Earth types. The Inspector General logs it

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as an officer carrying orange linen or betting, noting in

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their final report as an unidentified corrections officer. I mean,

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if you want to believe that, cool, But I have

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a hard time believing anything they're telling us about what

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happened in that jail cell, especially the final report by

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the Inspector General stated at approximately ten thirty nine pm

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and unidentified COEO appeared to walk up the ultier stairway

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and then reappeared within view of the camera at ten

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forty one pm. Official reports state that Epstein died by

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suicide sometime before six thirty am, when his body was

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discovered by a corrections officer delivering his breakfast. No official

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time of death was ever determined. In recent months, there

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have been questions about the work of investigators probing the

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circumstances of his death the recent months. No years, you

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guys just woke up and started talking about the story again.

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Some of us have been demanding answers for years, and look,

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I'm not saying I don't appreciate the cavalry finally showing up.

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I do, but let's not act like this is something

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that just popped up, because this is something that's been

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a point of contention for people that have been following

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the story for a long time. In an in depth

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analysis a surveillance video from the jail, CBS News previously

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reported on the figure on the stairs and consulted independent

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video analysts who said the movement was more consistent with

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an inmate or someone wearing an orange prison uniform than

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a corrections officer. And when you watch that video, it

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surely looks to me that there is an inmate heading

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up the tear So the question is what was he

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doing and why? And who allowed it, who signed off

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on it, who gave him the okay? How did he

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get into the tier? A lot of questions, folks still

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no answers. The new records raise more questions about activity

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near Epstein's tier late that evening official reviews of Epstein's

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death make no mention of the figure in orange, and

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later pronouncements from authorities, including the Attorney General at the time,

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Bill barr Or that no one entered Epstein's housing tier

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the night of his death, Bill Barr mister honesty himself.

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Huh does anyone really believe anything that Bill Barr has

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to say? If Bill Barr told me that the sky

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was blue, I'd have to run outside and check for myself.

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I don't trust a word coming out of Bill Barr's mouth.

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And there's a reason that I used to call the

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dude Darth Barr last summer. In an interview on Fox

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and Friends, then Deputy FBI director Dan Bongino said, there's

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video clear as day. He's the only person in there

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and the only person coming out. You can see it. No,

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you can't see it, Danny boy. You know what I

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do see though? I see a cover up happening in

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real time that Dan Bongino certainly was part of. Prison

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employees interviewed by CBS News said escorting an inmate at

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that hour would have been highly unusual. The identification of

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the individual could have been crucial to reconstructing the events,

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given that the sighting occurred within the estimated window of

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Epstein's possible time of death. Probably important, right, seems like

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a very important avenue to investigate. I mean, they said

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that they had all the evidence, they seen everything, They

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know everything, well, I guess not. The staircase leading to

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his cell was captured by the only camera known to

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have been recording that night, positioned in a way that

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partially obscured the approach to Epstein's tear. Government investigators relied

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heavily on that footage in reconstructing the timeline of events,

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but because of the camera angle, it was not possible

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to rule out whether someone could have climbed the stairs

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and entered the tier without being clearly visible. CBS News

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analysis of that video found additional contradictions between what the

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video showed and official statements. Well, of course, the whole

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entire case has been riddled with contradictions, and that's part

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of it. That's part of the confusion, and that's part

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of the plan to keep everybody in the dark. That's

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always been the goal. They knew they couldn't sweep this

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under the rug, so they wanted to make it confusing,

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and they try to frame it as some wild ass

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conspiracy theory. Unfortunately for them, there's enough evidence out there now,

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tangible evidence that normal people can take a look at

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it and they see that narratives bs for themselves. And

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once you recognize that the narratives BS. You start to

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ask yourself, what else are they lying to me about?

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And I have bad news for you, folks. They're lying

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to you about everything. Thousands of pages released last week

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is part of a broader Justice Department disclosure of Epstein

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related files totaling more than three million. Documents provide additional

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detail about the hours between the evening of August ninth,

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when Epstein was last seen alive on camera, and the

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discovery of his body the following morning. Records and interviews

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describe a largely quiet night inside the special Housing unit

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or shoe where Epstein was being held. Several inmates told

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investigators that were using drugs inside their cells, including marijuana

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and K two, a synthetic substance that multiple witnesses said

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was common on the tier. Among those interviewed were two

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Corrections officers assigned to the unit that night, Tovin Noel

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and Guito Bonjome, a materials handler who had not previously

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been publicly identified. Documents show Bonjome was interviewed twice in

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September twenty nineteen in sessions conducted in lieu of a

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Grand Jerry subpoena. According to Noel's account. Bonhomy had been

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working multiple consecutive shifts and slept while on duty for

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a period between approximately ten pm and midnight. Investigators also

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questioned Noel about an unexplained change in the recorded number

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of inmates in the shoe, which appeared to drop from

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seventy three to seventy two sometime between ten pm and

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three am. Noel said she was probably mistaken about the

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discrepancy and told investigators she had no memory of account changing. Oh,

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I have no doubt. Nobody knows anything. Nobody had anything

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to do with it, any of it. Nobody knows anything.

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And the guards who fell asleep Tova Noel and her buddy, Ah,

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no big deal. We'll just give them a slap on

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the wrist. Neither officer was specifically asked about the orange

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colored figure noted in the video observation log. Von Homie

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told investigators he did not remember the period between ten

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pm and midnight, and said he had no recollection of

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anyone walking up the stairs toward Epstein's tier at around

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ten thirty pm. He added that a jail employee entering

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a tier alone would have violated policy. A separate internal

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presentation included in the document release described a corrections officer

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believed by investigators to be Noel, carrying linen or inmate

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clothing up to the tier. The twenty twenty three Inspector

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General Report did not identify Noel as the figure seen

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in the footage. In her interview, Noel told investigators distributing

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linen was not part of her duties. I never gave

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out lennen ever, she said, because that's done on the

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shifts prior. So just more confusion, more lies and more bs,

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and unfortunately that's all we're going to get from the DOJ.

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They're not going to give us the truth. They're not

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going to be honest. They're not going to tell us

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what really happened. Bon Holm ended his shift at midnight

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and was replaced by another corrections officer named Michael Thomas,

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who would discover Epstein's body eight hours later. Noel continued

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on for a second consecutive eight hour shift. Thomas and

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Noel failed to complete in may counts at three am

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and five am, as well as mandatory thirty minute wellness

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checks of Epstein. Investigators speculated the officers may have fallen asleep.

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Thomas and Noel were later charged with falsifying records certifying

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the inmate counts had been completed. Federal prosecutors eventually dropped

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the charges in exchange for cooperation agree that included interviews.

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A transcript of Thomas's interview, conducted two years after Epstein's

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death and released in the recent document disclosure, showed significant

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gaps in his recollection of the morning Epstein was found.

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Thomas told investigators he discovered Epstein in his cell shortly

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after six thirty am on August tenth, and that he

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ripped Epstein down from the hanging position. Investigators asked what

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happened to the news I don't recall taking the noose off.

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I really don't, he replied. I don't recall taking the

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thing from around his neck. Noel, who remained standing at

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the cell entrance, told investigators she saw Thomas lower Epstein

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to the floor, but did not see a noose around

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his neck. The newse Epstein allegedly used has never been

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definitively identified, according to the Inspector General's report. A news

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collected at the scene was later determined not to be

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the ligature used in Epstein's death. Nothing weird here, though,

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Everything's just on the up and up. Everything's normal, everything's okay.

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No worries, folks. I'm from the government and I'm here

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to help. Thomas also described Epstein as shirtless when he

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found them. Evidence records indicate a shirt believed to have

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been cut from Epstein's body was later returned from the

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hospital in a bag of personal belongings. The new documents

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also show that the New York City Office of the

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Chief Medical Examiner reviewed the jail surveillance footage six days

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after Epstein's death as part of its investigation and concluded

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the video was too blurry to identify any individuals. Hours later,

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the office publicly ruled Epstein's death a suicide. The Medical

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Examiner did not provide an estimate on how long Epstein

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may have been dead before his body was discovered, and

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CBS News had previously reported on the offices on ORB

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the doc's handling of the crime scene. Yeah, it was terrible.

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They didn't follow procedure, nothing was preserved, there was no video. Horrible.

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Everything about it was horrible, and all of it was unacceptable.

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Anytime somebody dies in jail, that should be treated as

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a homicide right off the bat, until you do an

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investigation and figure out one way or the other what

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went down, but that never happened here, and the records

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show that. The records prove that there was never a

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real investigation. When it comes to what happened to Jeffrey

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Epstein that night, nothing conclusive. Doctor Michael Boden, a forensic

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pathologist retained by Epstein's brother, previously told CBS News Epstein

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had likely been dead for several hours but before you

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was found, but because the body had been moved, determining

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the time of death was impossible. Bonham declined to comment

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when contacted by a CBS News. Noel's attorney told News

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Miss Noel will not be making any statements or attempts

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to clarify any aspect of the situation. Previous attempts to

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reach Michael Thomas on the phone, through his attorney and

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at his home have been unsuccessful. So no accountability, nobody

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answering for anything, And here we are once again left

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with more questions than answers. So, considering Miss Noel and

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mister Michael Thomas don't want to talk, I'd say that

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it's the perfect time to hit them with subpoenas and

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drag them before Congress. Everybody involved has to be under oath.

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Everybody involved has to be questioned, and anybody that helped

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this cover up move forward, and if there's evidence of that,

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those people should be indicted and they should be held

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accountable for whatever part they played, because at this point,

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as far as I'm concerned, it's not whether there's a

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cover up underway. At this point, it's not even a

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question about if there's a cover up happening. Real question

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is just how deep does the cover up go and

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who all is involved. All of the information that goes

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with this episode can be found in the description box.