Where is the footage Jeffrey Epstein secretly recorded of people in his houses?!
This footage could finally lead to justice for the survivors
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The headlines surrounding the (corrupt) DOJ’s release of a small chunk of the Epstein files on Friday has focused on aspects ranging from the outrageous redactions to the DOJ suddenly removing 16 items originally released from its website. But there is something vitally important missing in this discussion.
Where are the countless hours of footage that Jeffrey Epstein secretly recorded of people in his various homes?! This video footage could finally provide answers for the victims regarding who was involved in this massive sex ring/child rape ring and lead to accountability.
Let’s begin with this fact: We know Trump’s DOJ possesses numerous hard drives which contain footage taken from Epstein’s homes. How do we know this? Simple, the DOJ told us this during their 2021 prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell for her role in raping children and trafficking women and Pam Bondi’s July 2025 memo confirmed that.
As federal prosecutors laid out during Maxwell’s trial, after Epstein was arrested in 2019, the FBI swarmed his house in New York and seized massive amounts of evidence. And as reported during Maxwell’s trial, FBI special agent Kelly Maguire walked the jury through what the FBI confiscated from Epstein’s house including CDs and hard drives stashed in plastic bins and draws throughout the home. Maguire specifically told the jurors that the items seized from Epstein’s included “external hard-drives.”
In fact during the trial, the government marked photos as exhibits of these every items which were reported on back in 2021. The relevant ones for our purposes are the boxes of hard drives in large plastic bins in a room in Epstein’s home marked as “Government exhibit 935-R” – which is below.
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The prosecution also marked the below photo as an exhibit which depicted even more massive hard drives and even CDs—with some clearly marked as photos:
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Is the footage on those hard drives from Epstein’s surveillance cameras installed in his homes? It’s unclear but we know from numerous credible sources that Epstein secretly recorded people in his homes.
For starters, I spoke a few months ago to brave Epstein survivor Lisa Phillips—a former model who was one of the speakers on Capitol Hill in September demanding the release of the Epstein files. She told me point blank Epstein had video cameras everywhere and the reason was for blackmail purposes.
Phillips explained, “Jeffrey wasn’t doing this just for his own sexual gratification. He was building something out.” Phillips added that Epstein “told me to have things on people, so the young girls were there to serve a purpose, a grander, bigger purpose, darker purpose.”
That is why as Phillips explained, Epstein “videoed everything on his island, everything in his house,” all “so he has the proof.” That “proof” of course was for blackmail purposes.
In addition, Epstein survivor Maria Farmer back in 2019 told CBS news that Epstein had extensive surveillance inside his home--including tiny pinhole cameras. Farmer explained that Epstein had what he called “the media room” that you gained access through what appeared to be an “invisible door.” Farmer shared that this room housed television monitors “all stacked up” where she could see the bedroom, bathroom and other parts of Epstein’s house all being secretly recorded by these cameras.
In fact, in August 2025, the NY Times ran an in-depth story about Epstein’s New York City townhouse where he had abused countless women and girls, noting that “several of Mr. Epstein’s victims have said the mansion was outfitted with a network of hidden video cameras.” The Times review of photos that had been released to the public noted that the images taken inside Epstein’s Manhattan home “showed video cameras on the third floor in Epstein’s suite, which included his bedroom, bathrooms and the massage room where Epstein was accused of having teenage girls give him massages while he was naked.”
The photos the NY Times published included the one below which pointed out where one of the cameras was secretly hidden in Epstein’s New York residence:
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Add to that, Pam Bondi’s own July 2025 memo told us that the DOJ is in possession of large swaths of videos connected to Epstein. As the memo notes, “the FBI conducted digital searches of its databases, hard drives, and network drives.” Bondi continued, “these searches uncovered a significant amount of material, including more than 300 gigabytes of data and physical evidence.”
Then we get to the real issue. Bondi’s memo tells us DOJ is in possession of videos of the victims: “The files relating to Epstein include a large volume of images of Epstein, images and videos of victims who are either minors or appear to be minors.”
These files must be released—subject to appropriate redactions to protect the victims.
It is undisputed that “the Epstein Files Transparency Act” signed into law by Trump in November mandates the release of these hard drives and videos taken. As the law provides, the DOJ must produce “all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials in the possession of the Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and United States Attorneys’ Offices” that relate to both Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
It’s true there are provisions in the law to allow DOJ to redact portions such as if it contains “personally identifiable information of victims.” But there are no protections in the law for the men or others who engaged in the crimes.
These videos are the key to identifying all the powerful men involved in the crimes against the women and children—regardless of their political affiliation. Will we see Trump walking around Epstein’s house when children are present who Epstein was raping? Perhaps. But that is not the reason this footage needs to be made public.
It’s to help the survivors heal and pursue justice. As Epstein survivor Marina Lacerda—who was only 14 years of age when she was sexually abused by Epstein--passionately explained on Capitol Hill in September, “The worst part is that the government is still in possession right now of documents and information that could help me remember and get over all of this maybe and help me heal.”
That is why we are seeing Epstein survivors vocally slam Trump’s DOJ after the woefully incomplete release of the files on Friday. Jess Michaels—one of the earliest known victims of Epstein—told the NY Times on Saturday: “What are they protecting? The coverup continues.”
And Lacerda put it this way to the NY Times on Saturday: “We have been let down.” She added, “We waited for this day to bring these other men who have been protected to justice.”
We are seeing a cover up of a cover up. The brave women who have waited for justice for decades deserve far better. They deserve the release of the footage in DOJ’s possession that Epstein secretly recorded. That is the first step in holding the powerful men accountable for their crimes.
