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Trump Admin Allegedly Possesses Epstein Jail Footage Without ‘Missing Minute’
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- A new report claims that the federal government has a copy of Jeffrey Epstein’s jail surveillance footage without the “missing minute”
- The DOJ and FBI recently released around 11 hours of footage from New York City’s Metropolitan Correctional Center on the night before Epstein died, attempting to prove that no one entered his cell
- However, a time jump in the footage just before midnight has led to even more questions about the alleged predator’s final hours
A new report claims that high-ranking officials in President Donald Trump‘s administration have copies of the footage from outside Jeffrey Epstein‘s jail cell on the night he died without the “missing minute.”
Earlier this month, the Department of Justice and the FBI released around 11 hours of footage from the security camera in New York City’s Metropolitan Correctional Center, in an attempt to assuage public calls for transparency about the late billionaire and alleged predator.
However, the footage immediately sparked new conspiracy theories, as viewers noticed that, at 11:58 p.m. on Aug. 9, 2019, the footage jumped forward one minute, to midnight. As the video was meant to show that no one entered or exited Epstein’s cell on the night before he was found dead — thereby proving that he died by suicide — the gap in the tape made many wonder if the footage had been doctored to hide evidence.
CBS News cites “a government source familiar with the investigation” in its new report that claims the FBI, the DOJ and the Bureau of Prisons all have a copy of the video that doesn’t skip forward a minute. However, CBS’ source did not provide information on what may be on the missing footage.
Earlier this month, Attorney General Pam Bondi was asked about the missing minute, and she claimed it was a technical glitch.
“What we learned from the Bureau of Prisons is every night they redo that video,” she told reporters on July 8. “So, every night the video is reset, and every night should have the same minute missing.”
Surveillance and forensic video experts told CBS News that a daily reset, such as Bondi described, “would have been unusual and was not something they encountered in most video systems.”
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When they released the footage, the DOJ and FBI claimed it was the “full raw” security video, however, forensic video expert Jim Stafford analyzed the released footage for CBS News and concluded that it was “likely a screen capture, not an actual export” of the security file.
Additionally, the metadata on the video showed that the file was created on May 23 of this year and was actually two separate videos stitched together.
While Trump has repeatedly downplayed his own relationship with Epstein, he has been quick to point the finger toward others.
When asked about Ghislaine Maxwell’s meetings with the Justice Department last week, Trump told reporters that he wished they would stop talking about the Epstein case and start focusing on other issues — or at least other people who knew the convicted sex offender.
“People should really focus on how well the country is doing, or they should focus on the fact that Barack Hussein Obama led a coup,” he told reporters outside the White House on July 25, referencing unfounded treason allegations he recently lobbed at the former president.
Trump also named former President Bill Clinton and former Harvard President Larry Summers, whom he claimed were “really close friends” of the late financier, but who have maintained that they were not aware of his crimes.
“They don’t talk about them. They talk about me,” Trump griped. “I have nothing to do with the guy.”
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‘RHOSLC’ star Mary Cosby questioned by police about son’s alleged violence weeks before his death: report

Mary Cosby was questioned by authorities about her son Robert Cosby Jr.’s alleged domestic violence incident just weeks before his death.
According to TMZ, a Salt Lake City Police report showed that the “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” star spoke with the police on Jan. 9, 2026, about Robert Jr. and his ex-wife Alexiana Smokoff’s relationship.
The reality star told officers she didn’t see her late son and his wife fight much. Cosby acknowledged that the pair got into verbal arguments, but said she was not privy to any physical interactions.
Authorities say the Church leader denied her son was violent and shared that she did not raise him that way.
Cosby claimed she did not see any injuries on either party while they were under her roof. However, one time Robert Jr. and another person jumped off a balcony while high.
However, Smokoff had called law enforcement on Nov. 23, 2025, to report an alleged domestic violence incident with Robert Jr. that occurred in May 2024.
Smokoff claimed that Robert Jr., who was incarcerated at the time of the report, became enraged after she threw his drugs in the toilet six months earlier “because she was tired of his drug use.”
According to the court documents, the incident allegedly took place at Cosby’s Utah home.
Per the outlet, Police also spoke with Robert Jr. while he was behind bars. He admitted to being on fentanyl at the time of the alleged 2024 incident and did not remember everything.
Robert Jr. also told police that he did confess to his mom that he was physical with his then-wife. He said he thought he was in “psychosis” for a while because he was “acting erratic and irrational.”
Smokoff filed for divorce in November 2025 following three years of marriage. The exes secretly tied the knot at a Utah courthouse in August 2022.
The divorce was finalized in January.
In the the weeks leading up to Robert Jr.’s tragic death, the young adult was charged with domestic violence and had a warrant out for his arrest.
Robert Jr. previously spent two months behind bars for violating a pretrial protective order against Smokoff.
As part of his Feb. 3 release, he was ordered to complete 75 hours of community service and complete substance abuse and anger management classes during his 24 months of probation.
The 23-year-old, who had been open about his drug issues on the Bravo reality show, was then charged with felony aggravated assault and felony assault on Feb. 5, just two days after he was let out.
Robert Jr. was found dead on Feb. 23 after officers “responded to an overdose call that turned into a death investigation.”
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Zohran Mamdani was pitched to SNL, but they passed for someone funny

Mayor Zohran Mamdani almost made it onto New York’s most famed sketch show where the notably inexperienced politician could have shown off his improv skills somewhere other than City Hall.
Sources tell Page Six that Mamdani’s camp pitched him to appear on “Saturday Night Live,” during his campaign. But one source tells us that head honcho Lorne Michaels didn’t bite.
“Mamdani was pitched, but ultimately for creative reasons, they went with comedians instead,” a source tells Page Six.
Ramy Youssef ultimately wound up playing the democratic socialist in a sketch on Nov. 1, 2025 about the NYC mayoral debate. It also featured Miles Teller as former NY Governor Andrew Cuomo and comic Shane Gillis as Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa.
Mamdani then posted clips and video of himself laughing with Yussef about the uncanny resemblance on a FaceTime while the comic was still in costume.
“Live from New York’ I got roasted by,” Mamdani posted on his social media.
“There were conversations about having Sliwa, Cuomo and Mamdani on, not necessarily together,” says a source. “There are always conversations about having anyone who is in the news on.”
Michaels’ door still seems open for a real-life, off-air cameo.
A source close to the SNL big told us that “Lorne is happy to meet with Mayor Mamdani.”
We hear Mamdani has not been pitched since he was elected, though his team could try and float him for musical guest. His 2010’s era rap career as Mr. Cardamom never panned out, with songs including one where he praised convicted terror-funding group the Holy Land Five.
Longtime NYC mayor Ed Koch hosted the show in 1983 and co-hosted again in May 1984. Rudy Giuliani hosted in November 1997 and appeared following the attacks on 9/11.
Donald Trump has also hosted the show twice. Once at the height of “The Apprentice” in 2004 and again in November 2015 when he was running for his first term as president.
We hear the days of having politicians pop up for cameos — like Kamala Harris showing up while being impersonated by Maya Rudolph or Hillary Clinton with Kate McKinnon — could now be more difficult due to a new FCC Equal Time Rule, which requires broadcast stations to give equal opportunities to candidates for the same office.
The rule was put into place Jan. 21, 2026, after Mamdani was elected into office in November.
An SNL spokesperson declined to comment on guestbooking. Mamdani’s spokesperson did not get back to us.
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Savannah Guthrie vows not to ‘fall apart’ for kids’ sake amid mom Nancy’s disappearance

Savannah Guthrie promised not to “fall apart” for the sake of her two children during her “Today” show interview on the disappearance of mom Nancy Guthrie.
“I will do it for my kids,” the journalist told Hoda Kotb during the emotional sitdown Friday, referencing daughter Vale, 11, and son Charles, 9.
Savannah, who shares the little ones with husband Michael Feldman, added, “I will not let whoever did this take my children’s mom away.”
The 54-year-old went on to say Nancy modeled the same strength when Savannah’s dad, Charles, died when the NBC personality was a teenager.
“She taught me,” Savannah explained. “I saw her grief, I saw her world shatter — but I saw her get up, saw her love, saw her faith.
“She taught all of us,” the “crushed” and “heartbroken” former attorney continued, referencing brother Camron Guthrie and sister Annie Guthrie. “I may not do it as well as her, but will do it.”
Savannah’s conversation with Kotb comes nearly two months after her 84-year-old mom was kidnapped from her Arizona home on Jan. 31.
The TV personality, who discussed her April 6 “Today” show return elsewhere in the interview, sobbed while sharing how she was in “agony” over Nancy’s disappearance in the portion that aired Thursday.
“I wake up every night in the middle of the night, every night, and in the darkness, I imagine her terror, and it is unthinkable,” Savannah said. “But those thoughts demand to be thought, and I will not hide my face.”
She learned on Feb. 1 that Nancy was missing when she received a call from Annie.
“I said, ‘Is everything OK?’ And she said, ‘No.’ She said, ‘Mom’s missing,’” Savannah recalled. “And I said, ‘What? What are you talking about?’ She said, ‘She’s gone.’”
The NBC personality explained that she and Annie thought their mom may have had “some kind of medical episode in the night,” describing how the “back doors were propped open.”
However, the matriarch’s cell phone and purse remained in the home.
Savannah, additionally, called out the “cruel” allegations that her family was involved in Nancy’s disappearance.
She will “never understand” the speculation, adding that it “piles pain upon pain” as she fiercely defended Camron and Annie’s husband, Tommaso Cioni.
Nancy was reported missing after she didn’t attend church service on Feb. 1.
Surveillance footage of a masked and armed person outside of Nancy’s front door the night she was abducted was later released by the FBI.
Savannah and her siblings have accepted the possibility that their mom might be dead, but have offered $1 million for her return.
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