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Federal statement on Jeffrey Epstein's death dated day before he was found dead

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/statement-jeffrey-epstein-death-day-before-b1270109.html
12•saubeidl•1h ago

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MilnerRoute•1h ago
The weirdest part is it says Epstein was "found unresponsive in his cell and pronounced dead shortly thereafter." That just doesn't seem like the words you'd use to describe a hanging suicide. (Would you really write that the dangling body was "found unresponsive...")
toomuchtodo•1h ago
I think a fun thought experiment is, "If this is indeed a cover up and he's still alive, how would you find where is currently is?" If he's still dead, I think finding the truth might still be valuable for historical and closure purposes, but not as valuable as the "still alive" scenario.
saubeidl•1h ago
I think "he was murdered by agents of the state before he could reveal anything damaging to the ruling class" is more likely than "he faked his own death and lives on an island somewhere".
zahlman•38m ago
It seems hard to square that with the fact of the files being released, or indeed of the FBI being able to obtain files in the first place. You'd have to suppose that "the ruling class" expected/expects to be able to tank vast hordes of deeply obsessed Internet randoms poring through all that data, but not be able to tank Epstein himself speaking publicly.

On the other hand, as far as I can recall, nothing significant happened after the Panama Papers, so.

lazide•9m ago
Eh, dying was only going to make the whole mess higher profile.

If they wanted it to stay quiet, throw him in solitary and don’t allow any visitors until he dies of old age.

rkomorn•2m ago
I don't think they're implying it's likely. Just that it's more likely than the other scenario.
rcakebread•1h ago
If I were a guard, I would have murdered him for free.
AnimalMuppet•1h ago
The fine article just says that the statement was "dated" the day before Epstein's death. Well, dated how? By a machine timestamp, or by a hand-entered date at the top of it?

The easiest way to have this happen is to have a human type the date, and have them make a mistake. (Ever put the wrong date on a check?) But there's not enough info in the article to know if that's a possibility here.

And there's plenty of reason to think it was something other than suicide. Two checks in a row got skipped, and two cameras malfunctioned, all in the same night? And someone mistyped the date on the statement? All just coincidence? That seems... improbable.

So, while I can see that there could be an innocent explanation, I'm not convinced that there is one.

JumpCrisscross•1h ago
Is this a credible source?
saubeidl•1h ago
Here's another one:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-files-reveal-prosecuto...

verdverm•1h ago
I believe they are all coming from the same post on Reddit

More news sources does not increase reputability. Most of them are social media bottom feeders and forgot how to do the basics of journalism

potsandpans•33m ago
The file is on the department of justice website for you to see with your own eyes.

What exactly do you need?

The question is: is the date mismatch an accident or is it not.

JumpCrisscross•31m ago
> question is: is the date mismatch an accident or is it not

Literally what I need. Context. Whether errors like this are common in this format. If anyone has noted this before.

potsandpans•25m ago
There's not really a credentialed source that can tell you what will be inherently speculative.

Either it was a clerical error or it wasn't. Sometimes that happens. Did it happen this time?

JumpCrisscross•13m ago
> There's not really a credentialed source that can tell you what will be inherently speculative

There are absolutely quality sources that can walk through the uncertainties and the contexts. A secondary source based on The Daily Mail is not that. (Most ad-only sources won’t have the resources for that.)

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