Someone Went Up the Stairs the Night Epstein Died—So Why Were We Told No One Did? (2/6/26)

Newly released Department of Justice documents from the ongoing Epstein Files review include surveillance logs that appear to contradict parts of the official narrative of Jeffrey Epstein’s death in 2019. The logs describe an orange-colored figure moving up a staircase toward Epstein’s locked housing tier at the Metropolitan Correctional Center late on the evening before his death, around 10:39 p.m. That movement—possibly an inmate or corrections officer carrying linen—was logged differently by the FBI and the DOJ’s inspector general, and was not mentioned in earlier official accounts that asserted no one entered the tier that night. Experts reviewing the camera footage say the single working camera angle was limited, leaving uncertainty about whether someone could have approached the tier unnoticed, even as past statements from officials like former Attorney General Bill Barr maintained there were no additional entries.The newly released files also include interviews with prison staff and logs showing procedural failures on the night Epstein died, such as missed wellness checks and inconsistent inmate counts. The discrepancies between the surveillance observations and prior public claims have fueled fresh questions about the events surrounding his death, which was officially ruled a suicide. Though no new definitive evidence of foul play has been established, the details in the video logs and related records have underscored gaps and contradictions in the historical record of what happened inside the jail that night.to contact me:[email protected]:Who entered Epstein's jail tier the night of his death? Newly released video logs appear to contradict official accounts. - CBS News