CONGRESSIONAL ADDENDUM: Corrections, MCC Death Investigation, and 2025 FBI Review

Supplement to the CONGRESSIONAL_READING_GUIDE.md

Date: February 12, 2026
Purpose: Three categories of information that emerged AFTER the original Congressional Reading Guide and Follow-Up were sent:
1. Key corrections from our 225-issue factual accuracy audit (credibility matters)
2. DS9 MCC death investigation documents not previously listed
3. The March-July 2025 FBI evidence review conclusions (DS9)

PART 1: KEY CORRECTIONS FROM THE FACTUAL ACCURACY AUDIT

We conducted a systematic audit of every report in this repository, identifying and correcting 225 factual accuracy issues across 43 phases covering ~50 report files. The corrections fall into these categories:

1A. Critical Factual Errors

Correction	Details
Tom Barrack was ACQUITTED	Multiple reports described Barrack as "convicted of acting as a UAE foreign agent." He was acquitted of all charges in November 2022. This error was propagated across 5+ reports and has been corrected in all of them. The DUBAI_SULAYEM_INVESTIGATION.md entry (#53 in the original guide, citing Barrack as context for Sultan bin Sulayem) should be read with this correction in mind.
The "99-day blackout" was disproved	The original BLACKOUT_PERIOD_INVESTIGATION.md argued that a 99-day gap in Apple Mail PLIST email metadata (Nov 14, 2018 - Feb 21, 2019) represented a communication blackout. DS9 contains continuous daily [email protected] email activity throughout that entire period. The "blackout" was an artifact of DS11 PLIST extraction methodology, not actual communication silence. The report has been corrected.
Flight log self-contradiction fixed	TRAFFICKING_ROUTES_INVESTIGATION.md contained a line stating pilot Rodgers "retroactively added passenger names to flight logs" — directly contradicting the same report's earlier correct statement (per EFTA02731168 p.7) that Rodgers would NOT go back to add names. The error has been corrected. Flight logs are INCOMPLETE, not tampered with.

1B. Legal Conclusion Corrections

The original reports frequently used legal conclusions as factual labels. These have been corrected throughout:

Original Language	Corrected To	Why
"Money laundering"	"Financial layering" or "funds movement"	Money laundering is a criminal charge requiring conviction. No Epstein associate has been convicted of money laundering.
"Complicit"	Described factually (e.g., "regulatory failures," "continued servicing the account")	"Complicit" is a legal conclusion implying criminal liability.
"Proves"	"Establishes" or "documents"	Analytical reports establish findings; criminal proof is for courts.
"Consciousness of guilt"	Attributed to prosecution or described factually	Legal term of art that should be attributed, not adopted as the report's own conclusion.
"Suppressed" (for prosecutorial decisions)	"Not pursued" or "declined to prosecute"	"Suppressed" implies deliberate concealment; prosecutors have discretion.

1C. Why This Matters for Congress

These corrections strengthen, not weaken, the investigation's credibility. The underlying documentary evidence — 400+ EFTA citations, $755M in traced financial flows, victim testimony naming 30+ perpetrators — is unchanged. What changed is how the analysis characterizes that evidence. Congressional staff citing these reports should use the corrected language to avoid giving targets grounds for dismissal.

PART 2: MCC DEATH INVESTIGATION — NEW DS9 DOCUMENTS

These documents from Dataset 9 were not in the original Congressional Reading Guide or Follow-Up. They concern the circumstances of Epstein's death at MCC New York on August 10, 2019.

2A. The Unmonitored Phone Call (Night Before Death)

#	EFTA	What It Is	What To Look For
1	EFTA00061927	OIG interview transcript documenting an unmonitored phone call provided to Epstein on August 9, 2019 — the night before his death	"This call was done on an unmonitored line." "All inmate phone calls are recorded. So, why would an employee go on their own and provide a phone call to an offender?" A male answered and it was "handed off." The recipient was never identified. Congress should demand the call records from the facility phone system.
2	EFTA00115642	Additional OIG interview on the phone call	"It could have potentially led to the incident, but we don't, we will never know." Multiple officials found the call "extremely concerning."
3	EFTA00115744	Third OIG interview on the phone call	Further details on the unmonitored call. Cross-reference all three transcripts for the complete picture.

2B. MCC Document Shredding

#	EFTA	What It Is	What To Look For
4	EFTA00068331	FBI Crisis Intake memorandum, August 16, 2019 (6 days after death)	"4-5 bags of shredded documents" produced by BOP After-Actions team. Staff member said: "this isn't the first time I've had to do things like this." Who ordered the shredding? What was destroyed?
5	EFTA00078396	OIG forwarding the shredding report	"They are shredding everything." OIG documented institutional destruction of evidence.
6	EFTA00092927	USAO response to shredding report	"Can we take a look at the dumpster ASAP?" Prosecutors treated this seriously. Was the dumpster examined? What was recovered?
7	EFTA00089106	Internal research into 18 USC 1519 elements	Prosecutors researched the obstruction statute for document destruction — indicating they considered criminal charges for the shredding.

2C. TRUSCOPE Count Failures

#	EFTA	What It Is	What To Look For
8	EFTA00039972	FD-302 interview confirming no counts were recorded	"There were no entries of counts in TRUSCOPE the entire night." The 3:00 AM and 5:00 AM physical counts — required to confirm each person in each cell — were never performed.
9	EFTA00064553	Corroborating count failure documentation	Combined with DVR 2 failure (3 of 4 SHU cameras down since July 29), this created a near-complete surveillance gap in the SHU on the night of Epstein's death.

2D. NARA Whistleblower Investigation

#	EFTA	What It Is	What To Look For
10	EFTA00172146	April 2025: NARA investigated an ex-FBI agent whistleblower's claims that "people inside the FBI have been working night and day to destroy files on these servers."	NARA contacted FBI IMD, which contacted INSD. INSD declined to investigate without more specific allegations. IMD hit a "dead end." OGC/CDC was to draft a response. This is the only documented federal investigation into potential evidence destruction — and it was not pursued. Congress should demand the INSD case file and ask why specifics were required when the allegation itself pointed to specific servers.

2E. Palm Beach Evidence

#	EFTA	What It Is	What To Look For
11	EFTA00082615	FBI evidence item literally labeled "SHREDDED PAPER"	Physical evidence of document destruction recovered from Epstein's Palm Beach property.

PART 3: THE 2025 FBI EVIDENCE REVIEW (DS9)

In March-July 2025, newly appointed FBI Director Patel and Deputy Director Bongino requested a complete accounting of all Epstein evidence. DS9 contains the resulting internal communications. These definitively answer several major questions.

3A. What Was Found on the Devices

#	EFTA	Finding
12	EFTA00164742	AUSA Maurene Comey to Director Patel/DD Bongino (March 21, 2025): "There were no videos of any sexual abuse identified at any point in the investigation." Over ONE MILLION images/videos reviewed. FBI had no legal authority to seize 2019 surveillance videos from residences. Nude photos of victims — "victims are alone in these photos." No males present.
13	EFTA00164897	Director's Call (July 10, 2025): ~34,000 images marked responsive out of 1M+. 15-20 CSAM images (commercial, NOT self-produced). ~90% adult pornography/erotica. "Approximately 4-5 victims accused other adult men sexually abused them. There was not enough evidence to federally charge these individuals, so the cases were referred to local law enforcement."
14	EFTA00164855	MCC surveillance: 147 cameras, 8.08 TB total video data. SHU cameras NOT active at time of death. Contraband phone (device 1B46) belonged to Inmate Michael Thomas, not Epstein.
15	EFTA00164740	All evidence remains in FBI custody. CART creates 2 bit-for-bit copies of all digital evidence. 6 years after seizure, device examination had not been fully completed.
16	EFTA00163550	DOJ conclusions (July 2025): "No incriminating client list," no evidence of blackmail. AG Bondi stated many videos "turned out to be child porn" and will "never be released."

3B. Camera-in-Clock: 2003 Origin

#	EFTA	What It Is	What To Look For
17	EFTA00157526	Palm Beach PD report from 2003: Epstein purchased a spy camera, concealed it "in a clock in his office" to catch a suspected thief. Camera recorded at 4:28 AM. This is 2 years before the 2005 sex trafficking investigation. The original purpose was anti-theft, not sexual surveillance — but it establishes that Epstein had concealed camera expertise as early as 2003. The Maxwell prosecution memo (EFTA02731226) later stated "Epstein had cameras in his clock." The FBI CID (EFTA00038617) found no cameras "in any of the bedrooms or massage rooms" — a more limited claim.

3C. Congressional Oversight Gaps

#	EFTA	What It Is	What To Look For
18	EFTA00161477	Senator Marsha Blackburn sent a letter to Director Patel on February 24, 2025, requesting complete flight logs, Maxwell records with names, and additional items. FBI internal email from May 6, 2025: "Did we ever get the response?" — "I did not." As of May 2025, the FBI had not responded to a sitting Senator's formal request — 10 weeks after the letter.
19	EFTA00163673	Bloomberg reported that the FBI FOIA team "played a central role in redacting former President Donald Trump's name — and the names of other high-profile individuals — from the Epstein investigation files" using FOIA privacy exemptions. Congress should ask: Who authorized these specific redactions? Under what authority? How many names were redacted?

SUMMARY: WHAT TO DO WITH THIS ADDENDUM

For the Reading Room

Documents #1-3 (unmonitored phone call), #4-7 (shredding), and #10 (NARA investigation) are the highest priority additions. The phone call and shredding have never been publicly detailed. The NARA document reveals a whistleblower investigation that was terminated.

For Congressional Inquiries

Demand the call records for the unmonitored phone Epstein used on August 9, 2019 (documents #1-3)
Ask INSD why they declined to investigate the evidence destruction whistleblower allegation (document #10)
Ask the FBI why Senator Blackburn's letter went unanswered for 10+ weeks (document #18)
Ask the FBI who authorized redacting Trump's name and other high-profile individuals from the files (document #19)
Note the 2025 FBI conclusions (documents #12-16) when evaluating claims about "blackmail videos" or "client lists" — the FBI's own review found neither

For Credibility

Use the corrected language from Part 1 when citing these reports. The documentary evidence is strong; the analysis is now more precise.

Compiled as part of the systematic 225-issue factual accuracy audit of all investigation reports
Supplement to CONGRESSIONAL_READING_GUIDE.md and CONGRESSIONAL_FOLLOWUP_NEW_FINDINGS.md
All EFTA numbers link to original DOJ PDFs on justice.gov

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