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DOJ uploaded a 12-SEC video showing Epstein attempting suicide? [updated]

24 points by dvrp 10mo ago

dvrp 10mo ago
The video was found by doing some work for Jmail.world (see also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46339600 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46339600) and realizing that there's an unreleased volume.
- deleted 10mo ago
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- dang 10mo ago
  Macroexpanded from yesterday: Show HN: Jmail – Google Suite for Epstein files - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46339600 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46339600 - Dec 2025 (342 comments)
baobun 10mo ago
> WAIT we think this might not be a real video > a reverse image search shows that 4chan and youtube had similar videos 5 years ago > we also found a .pdf with the investigators mentioning a fake video: https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%208/EFTA00029922.pdf https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%208/EFTA000299... https://xcancel.com/notawizard/status/2003226464192463132 https://xcancel.com/notawizard/status/2003226464192463132 --- Original post: > Warning: extremely disturbing. The DOJ uploaded a 12 second video showing what appears to be Epstein attempting to kill himself. The camera timestamp is the day his body was discovered. > The DOJ quietly released the footage, but didn't link to the video yet from their main Epstein Files page. https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%208/EFTA00029924.mp4 https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%208/EFTA000299... https://xcancel.com/rtwlz/status/2003211685650374823 https://xcancel.com/rtwlz/status/2003211685650374823 https://www.jmail.world/drive/EFTA00029924 https://www.jmail.world/drive/EFTA00029924 https://web.archive.org/web/20251222211740/https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%208/EFTA00029924.mp4 https://web.archive.org/web/20251222211740/https://www.justi...
BugsJustFindMe 10mo ago
That video has so few pixels and so few frames, there is no way to say who that is or what they are doing or if the video is even real.
exabrial 10mo ago
I thought the "cameras malfunctioned"?
dvrp 10mo ago
We're now fact-checking the video to verify how real it is. All we know is that it's part of the Volume 8 of the dataset from the DOJ and what we know for sure is that it was uploaded to justice.gov EDIT: We think this might be a fake video. There's mentions of a fake video from Google Drive (now deleted) in a PDF hosted at DOJ site: https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%208/EFTA00029922.pdf https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%208/EFTA000299...
- retox 10mo ago
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- alwa 10mo ago
  Who is “we” here?
  - dvrp 10mo ago
    Collaborators behind https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46339600 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46339600
- _ache_ 10mo ago
  Why deleted ? The link in the pdf is fine, it's not deleted. I don't think I should post the link here because it is death related, but I just quickly type the URL and it works fine.
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ndiddy 10mo ago
This happens whenever the government releases files regarding anything controversial (JFK assassination, aliens, MLK assassination, etc). They have to catalog anything they receive including obviously fake information sent to them by crazy people (see email that had the video attached: https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%208/EFTA00029922.pdf https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%208/EFTA000299... ). Then someone sees the fake video that looks completely different from Epstein's actual cell on a .gov website, goes "woah guys did they just release video of Epstein killing himself?????" and everybody freaks out.
- dvrp 10mo ago
  It seems to be the case here. I cannot edit it or remove it, probably HN mods took ownership for them to decide what to do with it, especially given the provocative nature of the listing.
  - dang 10mo ago
    I edited the title at one point to add a question mark to the end - this is a standard moderation device when commenters start questioning whether a story is accurate. That had the side effect of preventing you from editing it, though this wasn't my intention.
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- Tostino 10mo ago
  Well, i'd look but it seems that they have scrubbed it: This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below. <Error> <Code>AccessDenied</Code> <Message>Access Denied</Message> <RequestId>2VT1FGB801CA2MSW</RequestId> <HostId> 03B37vLmm7+N0QTw3FC7oSFMaTatIxCzOX875IrNXiHR/0hkWjCvpWat2uP0fdb4KYxmYa4JlhE= </HostId> </Error>
  - ndiddy 10mo ago
    Still works for me, but here's a mirror: https://files.catbox.moe/0bjogl.pdf https://files.catbox.moe/0bjogl.pdf
HaZeust 10mo ago
No one has done it yet in this comment thread, so I guess I will. This is a fake video [1] created and posted by YouTube user "chad chaddington" on Oct 1, 2020 explicitly as a hobby video in blender. He even notes the following in the video description: "I enhanced the video using Artemis LQ setting in Video Enhance AI. I will try next with the composite setting to see if this makes a difference. I am not that great with this stuff as far as rendering 3D graphics and have never used blender so I am not sure if this helps anybody but I thought maybe a little more clarity would help. Maybe throw a sub my way ;)" 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_GchRndOKw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_GchRndOKw
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24 points by dvrp 10mo ago

dvrp 10mo ago

The video was found by doing some work for Jmail.world (see also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46339600 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46339600) and realizing that there's an unreleased volume.

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dang 10mo ago
Macroexpanded from yesterday: Show HN: Jmail – Google Suite for Epstein files - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46339600 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46339600 - Dec 2025 (342 comments)

baobun 10mo ago

> WAIT we think this might not be a real video > a reverse image search shows that 4chan and youtube had similar videos 5 years ago > we also found a .pdf with the investigators mentioning a fake video: https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%208/EFTA00029922.pdf https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%208/EFTA000299... https://xcancel.com/notawizard/status/2003226464192463132 https://xcancel.com/notawizard/status/2003226464192463132 --- Original post: > Warning: extremely disturbing. The DOJ uploaded a 12 second video showing what appears to be Epstein attempting to kill himself. The camera timestamp is the day his body was discovered. > The DOJ quietly released the footage, but didn't link to the video yet from their main Epstein Files page. https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%208/EFTA00029924.mp4 https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%208/EFTA000299... https://xcancel.com/rtwlz/status/2003211685650374823 https://xcancel.com/rtwlz/status/2003211685650374823 https://www.jmail.world/drive/EFTA00029924 https://www.jmail.world/drive/EFTA00029924 https://web.archive.org/web/20251222211740/https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%208/EFTA00029924.mp4 https://web.archive.org/web/20251222211740/https://www.justi...

BugsJustFindMe 10mo ago

That video has so few pixels and so few frames, there is no way to say who that is or what they are doing or if the video is even real.

exabrial 10mo ago

I thought the "cameras malfunctioned"?

dvrp 10mo ago

We're now fact-checking the video to verify how real it is. All we know is that it's part of the Volume 8 of the dataset from the DOJ and what we know for sure is that it was uploaded to justice.gov EDIT: We think this might be a fake video. There's mentions of a fake video from Google Drive (now deleted) in a PDF hosted at DOJ site: https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%208/EFTA00029922.pdf https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%208/EFTA000299...

retox 10mo ago
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alwa 10mo ago
Who is “we” here?
- dvrp 10mo ago
  Collaborators behind https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46339600 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46339600
_ache_ 10mo ago
Why deleted ? The link in the pdf is fine, it's not deleted. I don't think I should post the link here because it is death related, but I just quickly type the URL and it works fine.

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ndiddy 10mo ago

This happens whenever the government releases files regarding anything controversial (JFK assassination, aliens, MLK assassination, etc). They have to catalog anything they receive including obviously fake information sent to them by crazy people (see email that had the video attached: https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%208/EFTA00029922.pdf https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%208/EFTA000299... ). Then someone sees the fake video that looks completely different from Epstein's actual cell on a .gov website, goes "woah guys did they just release video of Epstein killing himself?????" and everybody freaks out.

dvrp 10mo ago
It seems to be the case here. I cannot edit it or remove it, probably HN mods took ownership for them to decide what to do with it, especially given the provocative nature of the listing.
- dang 10mo ago
  I edited the title at one point to add a question mark to the end - this is a standard moderation device when commenters start questioning whether a story is accurate. That had the side effect of preventing you from editing it, though this wasn't my intention.
- deleted 10mo ago
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Tostino 10mo ago
Well, i'd look but it seems that they have scrubbed it: This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below. <Error> <Code>AccessDenied</Code> <Message>Access Denied</Message> <RequestId>2VT1FGB801CA2MSW</RequestId> <HostId> 03B37vLmm7+N0QTw3FC7oSFMaTatIxCzOX875IrNXiHR/0hkWjCvpWat2uP0fdb4KYxmYa4JlhE= </HostId> </Error>
- ndiddy 10mo ago
  Still works for me, but here's a mirror: https://files.catbox.moe/0bjogl.pdf https://files.catbox.moe/0bjogl.pdf

HaZeust 10mo ago

No one has done it yet in this comment thread, so I guess I will. This is a fake video [1] created and posted by YouTube user "chad chaddington" on Oct 1, 2020 explicitly as a hobby video in blender. He even notes the following in the video description: "I enhanced the video using Artemis LQ setting in Video Enhance AI. I will try next with the composite setting to see if this makes a difference. I am not that great with this stuff as far as rendering 3D graphics and have never used blender so I am not sure if this helps anybody but I thought maybe a little more clarity would help. Maybe throw a sub my way ;)" 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_GchRndOKw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_GchRndOKw

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