Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the
Epstein Chronicles. In this episode, we're picking up where we
left off with a CBS article titled the night Jeffrey
Epstein claimed his cell mate tried to kill him and again.
This article was authored by Dan russ Linik, Kara Tobotschnik,
and Graham Kates. Epstein told a different officer that on
the eve of the July incident, his cellmate had gotten
a hold of a copy of the New York Deli News.
Epstein a former financial advisor, confidante to some of the
world's most powerful people, and prolific sexual abuser of girls
and young women, said tar Taglioni. Pointed to a story
about Epstein in the paper. Tar Taglioni said it placed
his net worth at seventy seven million. According to Epstein,
that figure matches evaluation for Epstein's New York match in
cited in multiple articles in the paper that month. That's
a bit of corroberation, right. This all came out that
month in those articles, and all of a sudden, Tartaglioni
has something to say. Knows about Epstein's finances. Wasn't something
that was private at that point. So that certainly tracks,
and it certainly fits with the story that Epstein was
telling us. And again, look, I think that Epstein was
telling the truth when it comes to what he says
happened in that gel cell with Nicholas TARTAGLIONI, it all
just makes sense. Everything fits so perfectly. Now. Of course,
I won't sit here and tell you that I know
for sure, because I don't have those receipts, But in
my gut, I know for a fact that we're being
lied to, and I know for a fact that something
went on in that cell that had to do with
Jeffrey Epstein being assaulted. And I'm talking about the first
time around now his actual death. I don't know. Was
this a message and then he was told to you know,
you better do it yourself or will do it for you,
like I was saying before. And that's always one of
the theories that really stuck with me because I think
it all fits the grander pattern of the kind of
people that we're talking about. And make no mistake, those
people that were talking about they're not above using systemic
failures inside of a jail or a prison that they
already know about in advance. To set something in motion,
you have to understand the kind of people that we're
dealing with here, and those are the kind of people
that make shit like this happen. Epstein said that he
crumpled up the article, threw it out, and turned in
for bed. He told an officer he remembered waking up
at one am to get a drink of water and
walking back to his bed. The next thing he recalled,
he said, was roughly half an hour later, when corrections
officers rushed into his cell. Epstein initially said that he
thought he was attacked, but later equivocated. He has to
be put back in the same cell with Tartaglioni, according
to a twenty twenty three report by the Department of
Justice Inspector General, but also insisted he would never have
tried to kill himself. He didn't want to be a snitch. Guys.
Come on, He knew that he was going to be
in this lock up for quite some time as he
fought these charges, and he didn't want to get the
reputation of being a snitch. That's exactly what happened here,
nothing more, nothing less. So he retracted what he said
originally and decided to roll the punches because at that
point he understood and understood very clearly that the game
had changed and that things weren't going to be what
they were the last time around when he was arrested,
and that started to dawn on him. And I think
that was a very very sobering revelation for Jeffrey Epstein,
Whereas before he would have said, look, TARTAGLIONI did this,
and if you don't do something about it, I'm going
to call my people at Justice. Well, those people at
Justice at this point had already abandoned Epstein because he
was a burned asset, so nobody was rushing in to
help him this time around. In fact, they had cut
all ties at this point. So when you start to
look at it from that perspective, some of that fog
begins to lift. And again, I can't say it for sure, right,
I can't sit here and tell you, yeah, that's what
happened one hundred percent. Here are the receipts, YadA, YadA, YadA.
Can't do that. But what I can tell you is
all the piece is fit and it's certainly not the
narrative that they gave us. That certainly didn't happen. Not
the truth, no way, no how So what's the most
likely scenario my opinion, it's the one we just laid out.
After the incident, Epstein was moved to a room where
he was placed on suicide watch and closely monitored for
the next thirty one hours. In his first minutes there,
he twice sat on the edge of the bed and
began moving forward as if he was attempting to fall
over head first. A corrections officer wrote told to stop.
Epste responded, Okay, I won't do it again, and gave
the thumbs up. Another corrections officer assigned to watch over
Epstein in the hours following the July twenty third incident
was Michael Thomas. According to a document obtained by CBS News,
Thomas is the officer who discovered Epstein dead in his
cell on August tenth, twenty nineteen. According to the Justice Department,
he and another officer were later charged with falsifying documents
related to the night of Epstein's death, but those charges
were dropped, of course they were. Of course they were
nobody charged, nobody held responsible, Just the same old bullshit
from the government. Oh was the systemic failure. We're gonna
fix this. Nothing gets fixed, nothing gets changed, and the
song just continues to play on, And of course that
means it's gonna happen again at some point. They already
know they can get away with it now. So the
sky's the fucking limit, isn't it. Because Epstein was on
suicide Watch after the July twenty third innscident, Thomas was
required to record a log of observations about Epstein in
fifteen minute increments, like for real, my guy Thomas over
here needs to be completely investigated, and so does Tova Noel.
What were they buying, did they have any influx of
money after this event? All that stuff is relevant in
my opinion, and that's why I say once again, we
need a special investigator. We need a neutral party to
take a look at what's going on and report back
to the American people. And everybody has to be on
the table. Anybody who was involved, bring them in, get
them under oath, and if they lie, charge them just
like anybody else. It's the only way to get to
the bottom of this because we can't trust the DOJ
to do it, and not just Trump's DOJ, but the
DOJ in general. They've had how many chances to do this,
and they've avoided it at all costs, So all of
a sudden we should think that they're going to do
the right thing. No way. We need somebody independent of
the government who still has the power to subpoena and
to bring prosecutions. That is the only way we're ever
going to get to the bottom of this. So they're
never going to do it right. We're never going to
see that because the idea is to run out the clock,
to make you forget about this, to have you think
about other things, move on to the next disaster. But
the truth is, too many people have now seen behind
the curtain, and too many people are now demanding the truth.
The notations were released by the Bureau of Prisons in
twenty twenty three, along with just one entry he made
in the log, a note made at two fifteen am,
forty five minutes after the incident. Translation. He broke the
law and was never held accountable. I mean, we're not
talking about a guy who's screwed up in order at
McDonald's right. We're talking about somebody who made a gigantic mistake.
And I don't even think it was a mistake. I'm
gonna go with negligence instead. A mistake is forgivable. This
isn't a mistake. Looks wilful to me. Now. Of course,
that could just be me being cynical, right, but when
you look at the whole situation and all of the
issues that occurred, how can you not be cynical about
what went down? Fifteen minutes later, at two thirty am,
Thomas wrote inmate, sitting on bed, trying to remember what happened.
Around that time, a correction supervisor was interviewing Tartaglioni about
the incident. Tartaglioni said he had given the bottom monk
to Ebstein because he was old and had moved his
own mattress to the floor. Oh yeah, what a magnanimous guy. Huh,
nobody's moving their mattress to the floor at mcc Sorry.
Tartaglioni told a corrections officer he was sleeping with his
headphones on when he felt something hit his legs. Jeff,
what are you doing, Tartaglioni said, he asked into the darkness.
He said he turned on the light and found Epstein's
sitting slumped on the floor, leaning to the side with
his eyes open but unresponsive, with fabric around his neck.
According to another officer's memo, Yeah, fabric you put there?
Who do you think you're kidding? Again? Look, I'm sorry,
but I don't believe Nicholas Tartaglioni. And I know I've
said that multiple times, but it's worth repeating. Anybody who's
out here trying to massage this dude's reputation or tell
you that he's not a scumbag is crazy. Tar Taglioni said.
He then yelled for gel staff. Documents reviewed by CBS
News do not indicate what steps GEL staff took to
investigate Epstein's allegations related to tar Taglioni. In response to
questions from CBS News, the Bureau of Prisons said the
agency does not provide information related to investigations. In other words,
go get fucked. You're not getting any information. You're not
going to know anything about what went down, and that's
just the way it's going to be, and there's nothing
you can do about it. For those of you who
are new to the story, welcome to the mosh pit.
This is what we've been dealing with now for literally
six years. And let me remind you, this is exactly
the kind of shit that cash Bettel said he was
going to get rid of. That. We were going to
have transparency and we were all going to know the deal. Well,
how'd that work out? The GELS chief psychologists later speculated
to investigators for the Inspector General that there were three
possible explanations for the incident. In one version of the event,
she wrote, either Epstein or a TARTAGLIONI were gaming the
system to get something they wanted. Another explanation was that
Epstein had conducted a rehearsal of his eventual suicide. A
third possibility was that, as Epstein initially claimed, he was assaulted.
She told investigators that she considered the third scenario less plausible,
although she did not know for certain. Oh I'm sure
less plausible. Huh A four time in the jail cell
of Jeffrey Epstein. But it's not plausible that he attacked
them for insert reason here. They really think you're stupid.
That's what they're banking on, that you're stupid and that
you're just gonna accept whatever kind of bullshit they're serving up.
Epstein remained on suicide watch for a little more than
a day. During that time, inmate volunteers kept blogs briefly
documenting check ins at fifteen minute intervals. The morning updates
were largely mundane. In made Epstein's pacing around in made
Epstein is hungry. In made Epstein washed his neck. By
the next evening, he became more chatty. According to the logs,
in made Epstein is talking about finance. In made Epstein
is talking about science, and made Epstein is talking about math,
and made Epstein is talking about the prison environment. Epstein
is talking about his experience teaching mathematics and physics, one
volunteer wrote in successive updates. On the morning of July
twenty fourth, Epstein's status was downgraded from suicide watch to
psychological observation. That day, a regional administrator who oversaw more
than a dozen jails in prisons as for an explanation
of the change, inmates placed under psychological observation as opposed
to suicide watch were considered not eminently suicidal, he was told.
One of the forensic psychologists told investigators it was not
healthy for inmates to stay on suicide watch for extended
periods of time she observed signs of positivity, and that
Epstein adamantly denied suicide. Even the downgraded status bothered Epstein.
The record show he insisted to jail staff that he
wouldn't try to kill himself. He denied feeling helpless. He
is reporting positive future plans and reasons to live for
one staffer wrote in August first report, he described himself
to one source that week as too much of a
coward to kill himself, and wondered aloud to another source
if the incident had been a prank gone wrong. The
event was expunged from Epstein's official record after the jail's
disciplinary proceedings failed to prove he committed self mutilation. Imagine
that shit exponged after he allegedly tried to commit suicide
in a jail cell with a man there on four homicides.
I guess all this informations on Pambondi's desk as well. Huh,
right there with the list and everything else she promised.
Following the incident, Epstein expressed concern to the Bureau of
Prison employees about being housed back in the same unit,
saying he felt it was dangerous. According to the IG report,
Epstein was assigned a new cellmate. Ephrin reeis and moved
back on July thirtieth. Nine days later, Reis was transferred.
As night fell, Epstein found himself without a bunkie. Hours later,
the early morning quiet of the secure housing unit was
once again punctured as corrections officers call for help. Epstein
was once again on the floor of his cell. This
time his body was called to the touch. Now I
have no idea how anyone can look at the circumstances
surrounding all of this, his death will lead up to
it and believe the official narrative, And I think that
it takes a whole hell of a lot of gumption
for the government to try and pitch this to people
who actually know better. But the truth is they don't
care because they know there's nothing we can do to
force the issue. So instead, what they'll do is they'll oficscate,
they'll kick the can down the road a little bit further,
and they'll hope that people forget. But as I've said
a million times, at this point, nobody's forgetting and we're
certainly not moving on. All of the information that goes
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