{"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":99.71,"endTime":101.14999999999999,"body":"Welcome back to the Epstein Files."},{"startTime":101.22999999999999,"endTime":104.75,"body":"Last time we walked through ISBE versus JP Morgan."},{"startTime":104.99,"endTime":108.42999999999999,"body":"Today, we are following the 2024 document releases through 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same pattern, just different media."},{"startTime":928.6800000000001,"endTime":932.64,"body":"It establishes a repeatable pattern of data loss regarding key"},{"startTime":932.64,"endTime":933.8000000000001,"body":"custodial evidence."},{"startTime":934.28,"endTime":937.64,"body":"Whether it's a videotape from the MCC or a PDF"},{"startTime":937.64,"endTime":940.0400000000001,"body":"of a flight manifest on a DOJ server."},{"startTime":940.36,"endTime":944.0,"body":"The documented pattern is that the government possesses data that"},{"startTime":944.0,"endTime":945.96,"body":"subsequently vanishes from the public record."},{"startTime":946.76,"endTime":948.28,"body":"The timeline then shifts."},{"startTime":948.28,"endTime":950.08,"body":"In July 2020, right."},{"startTime":950.08,"endTime":953.52,"body":"Ghislaine Maxwell is arrested in New Hampshire after being in"},{"startTime":953.52,"endTime":954.52,"body":"hiding for about a 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2024."},{"startTime":1030.19,"endTime":1030.9099999999999,"body":"0814."},{"startTime":1031.31,"endTime":1033.31,"body":"Now, there are a couple of possible explanations."},{"startTime":1033.3899999999999,"endTime":1036.47,"body":"One is that these are archival processing dates, meaning they're"},{"startTime":1036.47,"endTime":1039.11,"body":"just now getting around to scanning and logging old files"},{"startTime":1039.11,"endTime":1040.1499999999999,"body":"for the unsealing process."},{"startTime":1040.1499999999999,"endTime":1042.6599999999999,"body":"Okay, so the other explanation is that the closure of"},{"startTime":1042.6599999999999,"endTime":1046.1399999999999,"body":"the case was a public relations or administrative status, and"},{"startTime":1046.1399999999999,"endTime":1048.82,"body":"it did not actually stop the internal movement and processing"},{"startTime":1048.82,"endTime":1050.54,"body":"of data related to the 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caught"},{"startTime":1294.26,"endTime":1296.62,"body":"actively deleting files that it just made public."},{"startTime":1296.78,"endTime":1298.4599999999998,"body":"The pattern is not one of transparency."},{"startTime":1298.4599999999998,"endTime":1300.4599999999998,"body":"It's a pattern of what can only be described as"},{"startTime":1300.4599999999998,"endTime":1301.74,"body":"administrative friction."},{"startTime":1301.8999999999999,"endTime":1302.62,"body":"Friction?"},{"startTime":1302.62,"endTime":1303.06,"body":"Yes."},{"startTime":1303.06,"endTime":1306.62,"body":"Resistance and institutional resistance to full disclosure."},{"startTime":1307.26,"endTime":1311.34,"body":"The documents prove without a doubt that the DOJ possesses"},{"startTime":1311.34,"endTime":1313.4199999999998,"body":"more data than it retains in the public record."},{"startTime":1314.06,"endTime":1316.62,"body":"We know this for a fact because Courier newsroom caught"},{"startTime":1316.62,"endTime":1317.34,"body":"them deleting it."},{"startTime":1317.34,"endTime":1319.02,"body":"We also know it because of the gaps."},{"startTime":1319.4199999999998,"endTime":1322.1399999999999,"body":"We know it because data sets 9, 10 and 11"},{"startTime":1322.1399999999999,"endTime":1323.74,"body":"are missing from the official log."},{"startTime":1324.3,"endTime":1327.26,"body":"A huge unexplained hole in the middle of the evidence."},{"startTime":1328.06,"endTime":1331.98,"body":"So this whole unsealing process is what, a performance."},{"startTime":1332.3,"endTime":1333.4199999999998,"body":"It's a selective process."},{"startTime":1333.82,"endTime":1335.26,"body":"That's the most neutral way to put it."},{"startTime":1335.26,"endTime":1337.26,"body":"It is not a total dump of the archive."},{"startTime":1337.34,"endTime":1341.02,"body":"It is a highly curated release, subject to production, 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jail cell in 2019 to the digital"},{"startTime":1364.85,"endTime":1366.37,"body":"server room in 2024."},{"startTime":1366.53,"endTime":1370.37,"body":"The documented continuity is one of evidence destruction or suppression."},{"startTime":1370.4499999999998,"endTime":1371.05,"body":"Next time."},{"startTime":1371.05,"endTime":1371.6899999999998,"body":"DOJ."},{"startTime":1371.6899999999998,"endTime":1373.01,"body":"3.5 million pages."},{"startTime":1378.2099999999998,"endTime":1381.4099999999999,"body":"You have just heard an analysis of the official record."},{"startTime":1382.29,"endTime":1386.09,"body":"Every claim, name and date mentioned in this episode is"},{"startTime":1386.09,"endTime":1388.27,"body":"backed by PR source documents."},{"startTime":1388.75,"endTime":1392.83,"body":"You can view the original files for yourself at Epsteinfiles"},{"startTime":1393.1499999999999,"endTime":1393.79,"body":"fm."},{"startTime":1394.51,"endTime":1397.6299999999999,"body":"If you value this data first approach to journalism."},{"startTime":1397.9499999999998,"endTime":1401.07,"body":"Please leave a five star review wherever you're listening right"},{"startTime":1401.07,"endTime":1401.3899999999999,"body":"now."},{"startTime":1401.79,"endTime":1404.03,"body":"It helps keep this investigation visible."},{"startTime":1404.4299999999998,"endTime":1405.9499999999998,"body":"We'll see you in the next file."}]}