Who Was The Orange Figure That Appeared In Epstein’s Cellblock?

The following is an edited transcript excerpt from The Michael Knowles Show.

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There is an interesting development in the Epstein case and it comes from CBS News.

The official accounts about who did or did not enter Epstein’s jail cell on the night of his death have been contradicted a myriad of times.

If you’ll recall, we were first told there were cameras on Epstein’s jail cell and on his floor, but that they weren’t working, so there was no footage to release. Later, officials released closed-circuit footage from the night of his death and claimed it was uninterrupted. Shortly afterward, we were told that a minute of the video was missing. That missing minute was eventually restored, and we were assured the footage was original — despite clear signs it had been edited using video software.

So what’s the latest? Well, newly released video logs appear to contradict official accounts.

This is from CBS News:

Newly released Department of Justice documents show that investigators reviewing surveillance footage from the night of Jeffrey Epstein’s death observed an orange-colored shape moving up a staircase toward the isolated, locked tier where his cell was located at approximately 10:39 p.m. on Aug. 9, 2019.

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I love the way they’re describing it: “An orange-colored shape.”

So some people, probably on the Left, are imagining that this is just Trump himself. Yes, a vaguely mango-colored, you know, blond-haired, had a very nice Brioni suit on with a slightly too-long red tie.

Or no, that would be the live version of what we on the Right all imagine.

What is probably meant is that the person is wearing an orange jumpsuit, or maybe carrying something orange.

This isn’t particularly new information. I was covering Epstein months and months ago when some of this footage came out, and we noticed the strange figures that were moving around. Okay, now we can zoom in, and we see this weird orange figure. 

CBS goes on:

Thomas told investigators he discovered Epstein in his cell shortly after 6:30 a.m. on Aug.10 and that he “ripped” Epstein down from the hanging position.

Investigators asked what happened to the noose. 

“I don’t recall taking the noose off. I really don’t,” he replied. “I don’t recall taking the thing from around his neck.”

That’s a little weird, right?

I guess what you could say is it’s always shocking to see a dead body, but it was especially shocking here. This is one of the most wanted, talked-about criminals in all of America, in all of the world and you find him dead in his cell, and maybe, who knows, your hormones are spiking. You have a surge of adrenaline, you’re shocked, you’re sick, and you forget. Maybe he just forgot.

It gets weirder.

Noel, who remained standing at the cell entrance, told investigators she saw Thomas lower Epstein to the floor but did not see a noose around his neck.

Hold on. 

So now it’s not just the guy who discovers Epstein and takes him down. It’s also the observer standing a little bit further back. 

The noose Epstein allegedly used has never been definitively identified. According to the inspector general’s report, a noose collected at the scene was later determined not to be the ligature used in Epstein’s death.

The guy who took him down never saw the noose.

The lady watching him take him down never saw a noose.

And investigators never even found the noose.

Add on at least one medical examiner saying that the breaks in his neck were more consistent with strangulation than with hanging.

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Everyone is focusing on the aspects of his life — Epstein had a connection to Russia; he had a connection to Israel; he had a connection to the CIA, and so on.

Some of the accounts actually contradict each other. Was he a super spy? Was he just a sex-freak rich guy? Was he really trafficking women? Was he really trading secrets? Was he really dealing with the Arabs and the Israelis, or was it the Russians or the Americans, or was it the British?

You’ve got to put that aside for a second. We now have every theory covered. Yes, we’ve connected him to every country on earth, every intelligence agency, every vice. And that’s not getting us anywhere.

If you want to get to the heart of the Epstein story, the first thing you have to ascertain is the end of the story, not how the story begins.

Not a lot of people want to focus on how a guy who dropped out of college ended up becoming a math teacher, who was hired by Bill Barr’s father at The Dalton School, but then became some kind of trader at Bear Stearns? How? He then went on to become the money manager for Les Wexner, where he said he would only have clients who were investing over $1 billion.

And then he worked with intelligence agencies.

And then he helped this sheikh in Arabia.

And then he —

Don’t look at the beginning of the story. That is going to lead you down a billion different trails, especially with a guy who seemed to be connected to every powerful person on earth.

I think you have to start at the end of the story.

And curious, isn’t it, that the shadiest part, the part that has been most covered up, that has been most contradicted, is not found at the beginning of the story. No one is asking, “Did Epstein work at Bear Stearns?” “Did Epstein know Ghislaine Maxwell?” “Did Epstein pal around with Bill?” It’s none of that.

The part that has been most assiduously covered up is the end of the story.

How did he die?

Who killed him?

Why don’t we have the noose?

That’s it. I don’t think we’re going to get an answer on it. And that’s been my consistent position from the beginning. Either Epstein is who they say he is, in which case we know everything about him, or he’s something more, in which case we know everything we’re ever going to know, because they’re not going to let it out. 

But if we could ascertain who killed him, that would help us to answer: why was he killed? That would help us to answer what purpose he primarily served in world politics. That would help us to answer who, chiefly, he was working for.

That would help us to answer what the Epstein operation was really about.

But the only way you’re going to get those big answers is by going backward. You’re not going to get it by going forward.

Now we’re getting some little, little tasty hints — but nothing definitive.

And if you want me to put some money on the table, I don’t think we’re going to get much more than that.