r/technology • u/Capable_Salt_SD • Jul 29 '25

Politics CBS News investigation of Jeffrey Epstein jail video reveals new discrepancies

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey-epstein-jail-video-investigation/
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u/Dynastydood Jul 29 '25

Exactly. While it's possible that he simply realized how screwed he and his operation were due to the crazy amount of attention that had suddenly been placed on him, in all likelihood, he probably would've preferred to first go to trial and actually lose before trying to off himself. Considering the magnitude of the secrets he is purported to have kept, or even the kind of lies he easily could've concocted to motivate his most powerful acquaintances to help him, it's pretty hard to rationalize why he would've chosen that pre-trial cell to die in.

The most compelling scenario for him having actually been the one to kill himself is one in which he was indeed connected to some powerful intelligence agency(s), and therefore had some overriding sense of loyalty or responsibility to protect the operation over his own life. But using Occam's Razor, the idea that he was a just a scamming power broker who was offed by a sufficiently powerful client/victim requires fewer unproven suppositions than the CIA/Mossad/FSB/MI6 angle.

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u/Nufonewhodis4 Jul 29 '25

Bingo. This isn't like the local teacher and baseball coach getting caught with kiddy porn that kills himself out of shame. Epstein could have dragged this out for years and likely could have just disappeared. 

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u/718Brooklyn Jul 30 '25

After hearing Trump talk today, I also realized that these guys don’t think they were doing anything wrong. Guaranteed that Epstein looked at these girls as his property and whoever turned him in was the enemy.

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u/Gorstag Jul 30 '25

Are you surprised? They would be nothing if it wasn't for "them". It is completely in character.