A newly released congressional video is shedding fresh light on the controversy surrounding Jeffrey Epstein’s death. The House Oversight Committee dropped nearly 34,000 files Tuesday night, including footage that finally fills in a one-minute gap from the night Epstein died in 2019. That missing clip has fueled years of speculation and conspiracy theories.
The disputed gap covered the time between 11:58:59 p.m. on August 9 and midnight on August 10, 2019. For years, critics questioned why surveillance from Epstein’s jail unit at the Metropolitan Correctional Center suddenly jumped, leaving exactly one minute unaccounted for.
Digital forensics experts had previously pointed out that the footage appeared to be stitched together using Adobe Premiere Pro, raising suspicions that the government might have altered evidence. This finding only added fire to claims that Epstein’s death was being covered up.
But the new release shows something else. According to the files, the camera system automatically switched feeds right at midnight. The two clips had to be bound together to keep the video continuous. When Fox News combined the newly released footage, it revealed there was no true lapse at all.
This directly contradicts Attorney General Pam Bondi’s earlier claim that a missing minute is “deleted every night” as part of routine resets. Bondi had insisted that every day should contain the same one-minute void. The new evidence casts doubt on that explanation.
Even so, the missing clip doesn’t show anything happening inside Epstein’s cell block. There’s no visible activity in the disputed window of time. Still, the release hasn’t quieted speculation, given the long list of questions tied to Epstein’s highly controversial case.
Epstein officially died by suicide in his New York jail cell while awaiting sex trafficking charges. Yet the mystery surrounding his final moments—and the strange handling of the surveillance tapes—ensures debate over his death isn’t going away anytime soon.