Recently uncovered video from outside Jeffrey Epstein’s jail cell has significantly impacted Attorney General Pam Bondi’s account regarding a missing minute in earlier released footage.

The surveillance tapes from Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, dated August 9, 2019, were initially shared by the Justice Department in July.

Soon after, sharp-eyed observers noticed that the 11-hour video strangely skipped ahead by one minute just before midnight. It was disclosed that the video was edited using Adobe Premiere Pro, consisting of at least two distinct segments.

The missing minute was attributed to the Bureau of Prison’s surveillance system, with Bondi stating that the video is updated every night, causing the same minute to be absent each time.

However, the House of Representatives Oversight Committee has addressed this by including the missing minute within two additional hours of video released on Tuesday, as part of an investigation into possible ethics violations by public officials.

The release of the mystery minute came as members of the Oversight Committee met with survivors of Epstein’s alleged abuse.

During discussions with survivors, top Republican Rep. Nancy Mace was brought to tears, while Florida Republican Anna Paulina Luna remarked that the situation is much larger than anyone had expected.

‘There are some rich and powerful people that need to go to jail,’ she told reporters following the closed-door meeting. ‘I think everyone’s frustrated as to why that hasn’t happened before.’

Taking to social media to address the photos that emerged of her teary-eyed as she left the briefing with the victims early, Mace said she ‘had a very difficult time listening to their stories’ as a recent survivor of sexual assault herself.

The Republican from South Carolina explained that she went into a ‘full-blown panic attack’ and was left ‘sweating, hyperventilating, shaking’ and unable to breathe.

‘I feel the immense pain of how hard all victims are fighting for themselves because we know absolutely no one will fight for us. God bless all survivors.’ 

Amid the revelations, pressure is mounting on President Donald Trump to release even more documents related to the case against the late financier – with Republican Thomas Massie even suggesting the president may be withholding government files to protect people he knows personally.

He appeared with Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna, of California, on Tuesday night’s episode of MSNBC’s All In, where the two discussed their efforts to force the Justice Department to release all of the files with minimal redactions to protect the victims.

‘I think the best way to clear President Trump’s name is to release all the files,’ the Kentucky Republican told host Chris Hayes.

‘I actually don’t think he’s done anything criminal,’ he continued. ‘I think he may be covering for some rich and powerful people that are friends of his. 

‘And in fact, some of those billionaires are running ads against me in Kentucky right now. One of them is in Epstein’s black book,’ Massie claimed. ‘So we’re getting really close to the center of power here, and I think, you know, embarrassment is not a reason to conceal all of this stuff.

‘We’ve got to get it out in the open, regardless of whose friends might be incriminated,’ he declared. 

Massie and Khanna introduced a discharge petition on Tuesday to force a House vote on the publication of more Justice Department Epstein files. 

Using a discharge petition – a legislative vehicle to force a vote – the two may be able to circumvent party leadership and force a vote on the politically-charged documents.

Should this petition receive 218 signatures – half of the members of the House of Representatives – Massie and Khanna’s bill forcing the DOJ to release its Epstein documents would get a formal vote on the floor. 

Both lawmakers have said the Epstein files given to the committee from the DOJ are not enough. 

‘My staff has done a quick look at it, and it looks like a bunch of redacted documents and nothing new, so it’s not going to suffice,’ Massie told Axios of the Tuesday release. 

Many Democrats agreed, maintaining that 97 percent of the information contained in the 33,000 pages was already public. 

Along with the newly-released video footage, authorities released flight logs from between 2000 and 2014 detailing Epstein’s travels. 

The trove of information additionally included interview transcripts from Epstein’s accomplice and longtime girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, who was sentenced to 20 years for trafficking. 

Other videos included in the documents appear to include a woman recounting her experience with Epstein. 

Much of the other documents were previously released, including Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s August interviews with Maxwell, videos of Epstein’s West Palm Beach home and local police audio regarding their investigation into the financier, NBC News reports.

The Daily Mail also reviewed an internal Bureau of Prisons report on how Epstein was able to commit suicide, citing an ‘excessive’ amount of linens found in the cell. 

The BOP report ultimately agreed with the FBI’s conclusion that Epstein died of suicide, and the contents of the file have been previously reported. 

After conducting an ‘initial review’, Democrat lawmakers issued a statement claiming just three percent of the information contained in the drop was new. 

‘House Republicans are trying to make a spectacle of releasing already-public documents,’ Robert Garcia of California said.

‘To the American people – don’t let this fool you. There is no mention of any client list or anything that improves transparency or justice for victims.’ 

Yet despite the apparent bipartisan support for the release of additional information, GOP House leadership may be trying to crush the impending Epstein vote with the timing of Tuesday’s document drop. 

A schedule of this week’s legislative business, published on Tuesday, shows that Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and his leadership team have a plan to vote on a separate Epstein-related measure.

The vote would simply instruct the House Oversight Committee, which is separately investigating Epstein, his network and potential government connections, to ‘continue its ongoing investigation.’

The committee, however, does not need a vote to continue investigating the late financier and Johnson’s bill would simply prompt the committee to release its findings publicly, though it already has declared its intention to publish them. 

Experts now say the vote on Johnson’s Epstein-related package could provide political cover for some members to say that, at the very least, they are working on releasing the Epstein files.

‘@SpeakerJohnson just scheduled this meaningless vote to provide political cover for those members who don’t support our bipartisan legislation to force the release of the Epstein files,’ Massie wrote about the vote.

Still, September will be a busy month on Capitol Hill when it comes to Epstein. 

On Wednesday, survivors of Epstein’s abuse are scheduled to hold a press conference with Massie and Khanna where they are expected to take questions.

Several top former government officials are also expected to speak with the committee about Epstein, with Labor Secretary Alex Acosta – who struck a deal with Epstein’s legal team during his 2007 Florida case – set to meet with the committee by mid-month.

Acosta, then a U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, helped Epstein secure a plea deal that kept the financier from federal charges after months of negotiating.

The victims, who reportedly ranged in number up to three dozen, were not notified until after the deal was struck.

Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who oversaw the agency during Epstein’s prostitution case in 2007, was also subpoenaed by the committee.

However, the former special counsel who investigated Trump’s connections to Russia cannot testify due to health issues.

Mueller’s family announced this weekend that the longtime FBI boss has Parkinson’s disease.

Former President Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary Clinton, have been subpoenaed to sit for interviews with the panel in October, the committee has announced. 

Further, Chairman James Comer sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday requesting documents related to the late sex offender.

He asked the Trump administration to hand over any Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) it may have regarding Epstein.

SARs are created by financial institutions and sent to the Treasury to flag potentially dubious transactions that may indicate criminal activity, like fraud, money laundering or terrorist financing.

The committee gave the Treasury a deadline of September 15 to hand over the SARs.

The Daily Mail has reached out to the Attorney General’s Office for comment.