For me though, the importance of this is that the FBI didn't just blow this off.
When one sees a 4chan comment about Jeffrey Epstein being moved, the night before he was found dead from apparent suicide in the cell he had been in, most people would blow it off as a internet rando making crap up, and not give it a passing thought.
If Epstein was hung in his cell, the easiest way to blow off a 4chan comment about that would be to check the corpse they found in the cell, and verify it was Epstein.
The next thing to blow it off, would be to verify that Epstein was indeed in the cell he was found in the previous night.
The fact that someone went to a courthouse to file a subpoena to ask 4chan, presumably for ip addresses they could use to track this person down, tells you that the FBI either wasn't sure about something or that they knew the poster was right, and thus his claims about working for the prison were correct.
This could mean a number of things.
It was a very, very slow day.
The FBI didn't know basic facts about Epstein's death, and saw a genuine possibility that this poster knew more about some part of it than they did.
Epstein really was moved that night, they knew it, and they either wanted to know more or wanted to silence the guy. which has two sub scenarios, to my reasoning
a)(The more likely in my opinion) Epstein was moved to that cell to kill him, because it had already been prepped in some way to make an easier cover up. This would indicate a wider conspiracy involving more and higher up players than someone just bribing two prison guards to look the other way while a pederast committed suicide.(Which, let's be honest, might not take more than a case of beer)
b)(The less likely)Epstein was taken to safety somewhere and replaced with a murdered lookalike in a different cell.(which seems to be what the 4chan poster though)
Another, more benign, variant of 3 is that, somehow, someway, this guy violated more than a civil NDA by talking about this(As far as I know, prison happenings aren't top secret, and an NDA violation would be handled by lawyers, not FBI). I could see how saying a live prisoner was moved might be a crime in certain circumstances, but Epstein was dead by all accounts when the comment was made. Saying that he moved wouldn't threaten the prisoners safety, so I doubt simply talking about a dead prisoner being moved to a different cell would be a crime, and certainly not one that would merit wasting time over..
I actually think what might be the case is that the poster had no idea, but he just happened to get lucky in guessing right on the money what happened.
I have no particular insight.
For me though, the importance of this is that the FBI didn't just blow this off.
When one sees a 4chan comment about Jeffrey Epstein being moved, the night before he was found dead from apparent suicide in the cell he had been in, most people would blow it off as a internet rando making crap up, and not give it a passing thought.
If Epstein was hung in his cell, the easiest way to blow off a 4chan comment about that would be to check the corpse they found in the cell, and verify it was Epstein.
The next thing to blow it off, would be to verify that Epstein was indeed in the cell he was found in the previous night.
The fact that someone went to a courthouse to file a subpoena to ask 4chan, presumably for ip addresses they could use to track this person down, tells you that the FBI either wasn't sure about something or that they knew the poster was right, and thus his claims about working for the prison were correct.
This could mean a number of things.
It was a very, very slow day.
The FBI didn't know basic facts about Epstein's death, and saw a genuine possibility that this poster knew more about some part of it than they did.
Epstein really was moved that night, they knew it, and they either wanted to know more or wanted to silence the guy. which has two sub scenarios, to my reasoning
a)(The more likely in my opinion) Epstein was moved to that cell to kill him, because it had already been prepped in some way to make an easier cover up. This would indicate a wider conspiracy involving more and higher up players than someone just bribing two prison guards to look the other way while a pederast committed suicide.(Which, let's be honest, might not take more than a case of beer)
b)(The less likely)Epstein was taken to safety somewhere and replaced with a murdered lookalike in a different cell.(which seems to be what the 4chan poster though)
Another, more benign, variant of 3 is that, somehow, someway, this guy violated more than a civil NDA by talking about this(As far as I know, prison happenings aren't top secret, and an NDA violation would be handled by lawyers, not FBI). I could see how saying a live prisoner was moved might be a crime in certain circumstances, but Epstein was dead by all accounts when the comment was made. Saying that he moved wouldn't threaten the prisoners safety, so I doubt simply talking about a dead prisoner being moved to a different cell would be a crime, and certainly not one that would merit wasting time over..
He was swapped out.
Period.
Thanks fren
Here's what I think makes the most sense:
I actually think what might be the case is that the poster had no idea, but he just happened to get lucky in guessing right on the money what happened.
I suspect in a high profile case they collect all data. An anonymous post on 4chan may not hold much weight.