CBS reports the FBI has a version of the surveillance video filmed near Jeffrey Epstein’s prison block on the night of his death, which — unlike previous videos released to the public — is missing no mysterious minute of footage.
Earlier this month, the Department of Justice released nearly 11 hours of CCTV footage taken inside the Metropolitan Correctional Center, allegedly to prove convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein had died by suicide during Trump’s first term — and was not killed to protect powerful friends.
The time code displayed in that video indicated the minute before midnight was not included in the clip, however. Now, CBS reports anonymous sources claiming the FBI, Bureau of Prisons and DOJ inspector general all possess a copy of the actual uncut raw video complete with the “missing minute.” The sources also claim there was no missing minute.
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In July, however, WIRED Magazine reported the prison video released by the Trump administration was missing nearly three minutes of cut footage, according to metadata analysis, which suggested the footage had been edited over the course of several hours. CBS News’ own video forensic analysts declared the video released in July was created May 23, 2025, and was likely a “screen capture, not an actual export” of the raw file.
Nevertheless, Trump’s U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation had described the film as “full raw” surveillance video, and argued that the footage would have captured anyone entering Epstein’s cell the night he died.
Adding to the controversy is an earlier claim by the FBI that cameras directly outside Epstein’s cell had malfunctioned on the night of his death. Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown, who exposed Epstein in 2017 and 2018, told CNN’s Jake Tapper that there were other entrances to Epstein’s wing besides the one shown on camera, and that it’s possible that someone from another part of the prison could have approached and entered Epstein’s cell.
“We don’t know because we don’t have anything on his cell door. The doors they show in that video are not of his cell,” Brown told Jake Tapper.
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She added that Trump fired the U.S. Attorney that prosecuted and convicted Epstein’s convicted partner Ghislaine Maxwell.
“There’s probably a lot of things in there that they don’t want you to see,” Brown told Tapper.
See the full CBS News report at this link.