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Brian Allen@allenanalysis · Jul 15, 2025

🚨BREAKING: We now know exactly who had custody of the Epstein prison footage and how 2 minutes and 53 seconds…

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An investigation claims to have identified who edited the Epstein prison surveillance footage, alleging that a DOJ technician using username "MJCOLE~1" trimmed 2 minutes and 53 seconds from the video before it was released to the public, while multiple officials failed to maintain proper evidence custody and chain of command. The thread argues this represents a systemic failure in preserving evidence and transparency rather than a simple technical glitch.

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  1. #1

    🚨BREAKING: We now know exactly who had custody of the Epstein prison footage and how 2 minutes and 53 seconds vanished before the world saw it. The cover-up has timestamps. Let’s trace the chain. 🧵

  2. #2

    The night Epstein died, only one camera in the SHU was even recording. The rest? Down for 11 days. MCC’s DVR crashed on July 29, and no one fixed it. Not IT. Not security. Not leadership. That’s the first failure.

  3. #3

    So who had custody of the footage? 📌 MCC tech staff recorded it. 📌 FBI seized the drives on Aug 11. 📌 DOJ oversaw the investigation. 📌 And in May 2025, someone under the username “MJCOLE~1” opened the files in Adobe Premiere… and trimmed them. By exactly 2 minutes and 53 seconds.

  4. #4

    The cut starts at 11:58:58 PM. It ends at 12:01:51 AM. That means the entire “missing minute,” the one everyone asked about — was literally edited out of the final public video. Then DOJ called it “raw.”

  5. #5

    So who’s responsible? 🟥 Lamine N’Diaye – Warden who failed to fix the DVR 🟥 BOP Officers Noel & Thomas – Lied about cell checks 🟥 “Company 1” – Security contractor who built the faulty system 🟥 FBI CART team – Took over evidence 🟥 DOJ technician “MJCOLE~1” – Edited the video before release And finally… 🟥 Pam Bondi, overseeing DOJ’s public explanation, said it was just “a glitch.”

  6. #6

    Here’s what that means: The original footage ran past midnight. The system didn’t crash, it rebooted, and still captured some of that missing window. But instead of showing us that? They cut it. They literally trimmed the timeline and tried to call it transparency.

  7. #7

    This wasn’t one glitch. It was a collapse: 🔻 Cameras down 🔻 Footage lost 🔻 Staff falsified logs 🔻 Techs missed repairs 🔻 FBI edited the file 🔻 DOJ published a stitched version and hoped no one would check the metadata

  8. #8

    This case had one job: Preserve the video. Show the truth. Instead? We got Adobe Premiere. We got “MJCOLE~1.” We got a broken DVR and a midnight cut. And now we have 2 minutes and 53 seconds missing forever.

  9. #9

    This is bigger than Epstein. It’s about chain of custody, digital forensics, and how the state handles evidence when it’s inconvenient. They thought metadata didn’t matter. It does now.

  10. #10

    The people deserve to see every second. Not a stitched-together highlight reel. Release the full unedited drive. Unmask “MJCOLE~1.” Explain why 2:53 vanished. We saw the edit. Now we want the receipts.