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The Department of Justice (DOJ) briefly posted and then removed a 12-second video that appeared to show Jeffrey Epstein attempting to commit suicide in his Manhattan jail cell. The grainy footage showed a man in an orange jumpsuit, purportedly Epstein, on his knees beside his bunk, seemingly trying to choke himself, with a timestamp indicating 4:29 a.m. on August 10, 2019—about two hours before he was found dead.
However, the video was quickly identified as likely fake. Reports indicated it had circulated on 4chan and was not authentic surveillance footage. Analysis revealed inconsistencies such as mismatched cell doors and unnatural orange “puddles” resembling prison clothes, suggesting digital alteration. The video was not original to the DOJ; it had been sent to investigators in 2021 by an independent journalist who found it on the dark web, and it was included in the document release as an attachment to an email questioning its authenticity.
The DOJ uploaded the video as part of a large document dump released on December 19, 2025, ahead of an 11:59 p.m. deadline. It was removed shortly afterward amid growing public and media scrutiny over its legitimacy, with the incident sparking controversy about the handling and verification of materials in the release.
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