{"version":"1.0.0","segments":[{"startTime":73.63,"endTime":75.47,"body":"3 million pages of evidence."},{"startTime":76.27,"endTime":78.66999999999999,"body":"Thousands of unsealed flight logs."},{"startTime":79.14999999999999,"endTime":84.03,"body":"Millions of data points, names, themes and timelines connected."},{"startTime":84.83,"endTime":88.91,"body":"You are listening to the Epstein Files, the world's first"},{"startTime":89.07,"endTime":94.14999999999999,"body":"AI native investigation into the case that traditional journalism simply"},{"startTime":94.14999999999999,"endTime":95.22999999999999,"body":"could not handle."},{"startTime":96.42999999999999,"endTime":101.19,"body":"Foreign welcome back to the Epstein Files."},{"startTime":101.19,"endTime":103.55,"body":"Last time we walked through the medical examiner."},{"startTime":104.10999999999999,"endTime":107.14999999999999,"body":"Today we are following the guards through the documentary 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fiction."},{"startTime":362.18999999999994,"endTime":363.95000000000005,"body":"What does the indictment say about the video?"},{"startTime":364.11,"endTime":367.63,"body":"It details the footage from the internal CCTV system."},{"speaker":"And it shows that after the 10","startTime":368.40999999999997,"endTime":371.89,"body":"30pm round on August"},{"speaker":"And it shows that after the 10","startTime":371.97,"endTime":376.09000000000003,"body":"9, no officer entered the tier where Epstein was housed."},{"speaker":"And it shows that after the 10","startTime":376.57000000000005,"endTime":377.85,"body":"Not at midnight for the count."},{"speaker":"And it shows that after the 10","startTime":377.85,"endTime":378.21000000000004,"body":"No."},{"speaker":"Not at 3","startTime":378.21000000000004,"endTime":379.68999999999994,"body":"00pm no."},{"speaker":"Not at 5","startTime":379.68999999999994,"endTime":382.89,"body":"00am no, not until the next morning."},{"speaker":"So from 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10","startTime":398.6,"endTime":401.36,"body":"So the video evidence cited by the prosecution shows a"},{"speaker":"So from 10","startTime":401.36,"endTime":404.12,"body":"gap, an eight hour gap, where there were no official"},{"speaker":"So from 10","startTime":404.12,"endTime":405.6,"body":"eyes on Jeffrey Epstein."},{"speaker":"So from 10","startTime":405.6,"endTime":407.12,"body":"Let's break down that eight hour gap."},{"speaker":"So from 10","startTime":407.12,"endTime":408.52,"body":"We know what they weren't doing."},{"speaker":"So from 10","startTime":408.6,"endTime":408.96000000000004,"body":"Yeah."},{"speaker":"So from 10","startTime":408.96000000000004,"endTime":410.91999999999996,"body":"What does the government's indictment say they were doing?"},{"speaker":"So from 10","startTime":410.91999999999996,"endTime":416.15999999999997,"body":"The indictment paints this picture of just complete disengagement from"},{"speaker":"So from 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from 10","startTime":429.80999999999995,"endTime":432.85,"body":"The prosecutors pulled the data directly from the terminal."},{"speaker":"So from 10","startTime":432.85,"endTime":433.80999999999995,"body":"And what did they find?"},{"speaker":"So from 10","startTime":433.89,"endTime":438.37,"body":"Michael Thomas was searching for motorcycle sales and sports news."},{"speaker":"So from 10","startTime":438.77,"endTime":442.37,"body":"Motorcycle sales and Tovenol was on the same computer at"},{"speaker":"So from 10","startTime":442.37,"endTime":444.37,"body":"different times searching for furniture deals."},{"speaker":"So from 10","startTime":444.53,"endTime":449.20000000000005,"body":"So furniture deals and motorcycle sales, while they were supposed"},{"speaker":"So from 10","startTime":449.20000000000005,"endTime":452.0,"body":"to be guarding Jeffrey Epstein and sleeping."},{"speaker":"So from 10","startTime":452.24,"endTime":456.15999999999997,"body":"The indictment alleges that the 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cell."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":530.61,"endTime":533.25,"body":"He's in a kneeling position, suspended by a bedsheet."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":533.25,"endTime":535.17,"body":"The immediate reaction is obviously chaos."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":535.73,"endTime":536.93,"body":"Medical staff gets called."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":537.09,"endTime":537.41,"body":"Right."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":537.41,"endTime":539.29,"body":"But we need to focus on what was said in"},{"speaker":"10","startTime":539.29,"endTime":541.45,"body":"those first few minutes after the discovery."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":541.45,"endTime":542.81,"body":"The so called hot mic moment."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":542.81,"endTime":543.49,"body":"Exactly."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":543.81,"endTime":545.81,"body":"The indictment and the prosecution files."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":545.81,"endTime":548.33,"body":"They reference a conversation that happened right there on the"},{"speaker":"10","startTime":548.33,"endTime":548.6899999999999,"body":"tier."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":548.85,"endTime":551.85,"body":"A supervisor arrives on the scene and Tova Null is"},{"speaker":"10","startTime":551.85,"endTime":553.01,"body":"speaking to the supervisor."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":553.17,"endTime":557.06,"body":"And according to the legal filings, Null says, quote, we"},{"speaker":"10","startTime":557.06,"endTime":559.9,"body":"did not complete the 3am or 5am rounds."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":560.7,"endTime":562.7,"body":"He just admits it right there."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":562.78,"endTime":567.66,"body":"It appears to be an immediate admission of procedural failure."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":567.9,"endTime":570.98,"body":"He doesn't say someone broke in or the camera was"},{"speaker":"10","startTime":570.98,"endTime":571.3,"body":"broken."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":571.3,"endTime":572.78,"body":"He says, we didn't do the rounds."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":573.26,"endTime":574.26,"body":"What about Thomas?"},{"speaker":"10","startTime":574.26,"endTime":578.7,"body":"Michael Thomas reportedly adds, we messed up, or a very"},{"speaker":"10","startTime":578.7,"endTime":581.82,"body":"similar phrase that's documented in the SDNY filing."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":581.82,"endTime":584.26,"body":"That's a critical piece of corroboration for the prosecution."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":584.26,"endTime":584.86,"body":"It's immense."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":584.86,"endTime":586.78,"body":"You have the video showing they didn't do it."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":586.86,"endTime":589.12,"body":"You have the logs they wrote saying they did do"},{"speaker":"10","startTime":589.12,"endTime":589.36,"body":"it."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":589.36,"endTime":592.9200000000001,"body":"And then you have their own verbal admission within 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that?"},{"speaker":"10","startTime":676.41,"endTime":679.73,"body":"It's a standard Bureau of Prisons protocol for at risk"},{"speaker":"10","startTime":679.73,"endTime":681.77,"body":"inmates who aren't on active suicide watch."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":681.77,"endTime":684.2900000000001,"body":"You give him a cellmate, the logic being another person"},{"speaker":"10","startTime":684.2900000000001,"endTime":686.9300000000001,"body":"in the room is a deterrent and an alarm system."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":687.01,"endTime":689.41,"body":"And Epstein had a cellmate when he first returned to"},{"speaker":"10","startTime":689.41,"endTime":690.13,"body":"the SHU."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":690.13,"endTime":691.77,"body":"But not on the night of August 9th."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":691.77,"endTime":693.65,"body":"On the night of August 9th, he was alone."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":693.97,"endTime":696.9300000000001,"body":"The records clearly show his cellmate was 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Thomas."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":761.88,"endTime":762.52,"body":"They were indicted."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":762.52,"endTime":764.6,"body":"What were the specific federal charges?"},{"speaker":"10","startTime":765.0,"endTime":766.28,"body":"They were serious charges."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":766.6,"endTime":769.96,"body":"Count one was conspiracy to defraud the United States."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":770.6,"endTime":771.52,"body":"That sounds heavy."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":771.52,"endTime":773.08,"body":"What does it mean in this context?"},{"speaker":"10","startTime":773.32,"endTime":775.72,"body":"It means that by failing to do their jobs and"},{"speaker":"10","startTime":775.72,"endTime":778.76,"body":"then lying about it, they impaired the basic function of"},{"speaker":"10","startTime":778.76,"endTime":779.83,"body":"the Bureau of Prisons."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":780.22,"endTime":783.14,"body":"They defrauded the government of its ability to 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documents."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":1170.6599999999999,"endTime":1174.58,"body":"You can view the original files for yourself at Epsteinfiles"},{"speaker":"10","startTime":1174.8999999999999,"endTime":1175.54,"body":"fm."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":1176.34,"endTime":1179.3799999999999,"body":"If you value this data first approach to journalism."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":1179.6999999999998,"endTime":1182.82,"body":"Please leave a five star review wherever you're listening right"},{"speaker":"10","startTime":1182.82,"endTime":1183.1399999999999,"body":"now."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":1183.54,"endTime":1185.6999999999998,"body":"It helps keep this investigation visible."},{"speaker":"10","startTime":1186.1799999999998,"endTime":1187.6999999999998,"body":"We'll see you in the next file."}]}