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Newly released Department of Justice documents show that investigators reviewing surveillance footage from the night of Jeffrey Epstein's death observed an orange-colored shape moving up a staircase toward the isolated, locked tier where his cell was located at approximately 10:39 p.m. on Aug. 9, 2019.

That entry in an observation log of the video from the Metropolitan Correctional Center appears to suggest something previously unreported by authorities: "A flash of orange looks to be going up the L Tier stairs — could possibly be an inmate escorted up to that Tier."

It also appears, according to an FBI memorandum, that reviews by investigators led to disparate conclusions by the FBI and those examining the same video from the Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General.

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[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 14 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Whenever murky circumstances cause conspiracies, I like XKCDs approach.

What we see in that screenshot is an assassin hired by the elites, headed to make sure Epstein stays silent for good. With the cameras deactivated, it should've been a simple ordeal, but upon arrival it turned out he had already hung himself.

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Ghislain was his handler. If anything she’d be in more danger. Wonder why she hasn’t been pushed out a window yet.

[–] PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Guessing she simply was and is herself - fundamentally, permanently easier to "handle" (manipulate, etc.).

Behind the Bastards episodes on her father really tell a tale for how a ruined psyche like hers would (did) get started. (It's a lotta episodes about not-her, to be clear, so don't dive in with the wrong idea)

I'm not humanizing that ghoul though, just offering an explanation for why still alive. No matter what led her there, there is exactly zero rehabilitation or sympathy possible as far as I'm concerned.

[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

She wanted to maintain her royal like lifestyle that her father provided to her, but he mysteriously died on his yacht and she needed a new sugar daddy, so Epstein became that to her. In exchange for giving her the lifestyle she wanted, she used her father’s connections with other wealthy people and Mossad to create a global pedophile network together with Epstein.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

But she's being controlled by the globalist ****** (substitute that for any slur. My choice is "Svenskefaen"), trying to distract us from big farma putting nutrients in our food.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

No no no. What you are seeing is a would-be assassin, who was selected because he very closely resembled Epstein. Upon entering the cell, Epstein strangled the guy, and then made his escape. Currently he's on the ISS building his trafficking empire for aliens after human adrenochrome.