‘Jmail’ and ‘JeffTube’ present Epstein materials in a new light
A project aimed at making the millions of files on Jeffrey Epstein more accessible has released a new tool for viewing videos. The tool — known as JeffTube — presents videos released by the Department of Justice as if they were uploaded to a YouTube account owned by Epstein himself.
JeffTube is the latest installment in a set of tools known collectively as The Jmail Suite, an interactive archive that lets users view everything from the deceased sex offender’s emails, documents and photos to flight logs and now videos.
Each file type can be viewed as if you were logged into services from companies such as Google. Emails are viewed in Jmail, which is designed to look like a Gmail inbox, while documents can be viewed in a Google Drive clone known as JDrive.
Other tools from the project include a Wikipedia lookalike called the The Jmail Encyclopedia or Jwik and an Amazon order history page named JAmazon where viewers can look through Epstein’s purchases. The project even includes an AI chatbot known as Jemini, based on Google’s Gemini, for all Epstein-related questions.
Alternative to DOJ site
The project began in November after the House Oversight Committee began releasing emails from Epstein’s actual Gmail account. Started by the internet prankster Riley Walz and developer Luke Igel, the project has only grown as more documents were released after Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Most of the material is posted on a Department of Justice site that many users have found unsatisfactory.
In comments to Rolling Stone, Igel said that the DOJ’s offering has “driven all the best people insane because there’s just too much information.” The project makes viewing files related to Epstein significantly easier than the format offered by the DOJ.
And the Jmail Suite doesn’t rely only on data released by the federal government. The project has also made available emails from Epstein’s Yahoo inbox, thanks to DDoSecrets, an organization that archives hacked and leaked data in the public interest. DDoSecrets announced in November that a source had provided more than 20,000 emails from Epstein’s Yahoo account spanning 17 years. Months earlier, Bloomberg News obtained a similar cache of roughly 18,000 emails.
Sensitive, disturbing videos blocked
JeffTube was built and added to the Jmail Suite by Swedish software engineer Matheus Mendes, who works for the AI company Midjourney. He is one of 14 people who have contributed to the Jmail Suite project.
JeffTube includes 1,102 videos. Another 140 videos, according to the tool, are unlisted due to “pornography and questionable content that we would prefer remain accessible through the federal government’s site.”
The discretion comes after the DOJ not only failed to fully redact the names of victims in the files, but also released unredacted nude images described by investigators as possibly being CSAM, or child sexual abuse material.
Visitors to JeffTube can like and comment on videos just as if they were on YouTube. Nineteen videos are available only by disabling the default restricted mode, which removes videos deemed sensitive and potentially disturbing by the Jmail team.
The videos include clips recorded by Epstein himself, many of which are only 1 or 2 seconds long, and those sent to him or downloaded online. As reported by CBS News, many of the videos show “young women dancing, sitting or lying in bed.” Some of the individuals being filmed “appear undressed or in lewd positions, with their faces and bodies hidden by black boxes, though there are occasional clips where a face is visible.”
Surveillance videos from the Metropolitan Correctional Center, where Epstein was found dead in August 2019 shortly after his arrest on federal sex trafficking charges, are also present. Numerous videos related to convicted sex trafficker and Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, such as a 2016 deposition, are available as well.
Whether more additions will come to The Jmail Suite remains unclear. The DOJ said this week that it has released all files as required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act, indicating that no further disclosures would be made. Numerous lawmakers responded by stating that millions more files exist that must be legally released.
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Ella Rae Greene, Editor In Chief
