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I mean, we've seen mug shots of Brian Kohberger in his orange jumpsuit, sometimes with, you know, stubbles, sometimes clean shaven, and then, you know, he tried to thin out those eyebrows for his trial, but my God, we've never seen him actually locked up in a cage. Right. Again, it's really important to stress here. We do not know if this video is real or where exactly the video was taken, but the Ada County Sheriff's Office, that's where Boise is. They put out a statement saying the following, and I will quote them. We are aware of the video footage circulating online showing Bryan Kohberger in a cell. We can confirm it was not recorded at and it does not feature the Ada County Jail. Doesn't get more clear than that. So, nope, not the Boise holding area where Bryan Kohberger was transferred. And then my team at News Nation also got a hold of the Lato County Sheriff's Department and they just refused to comment one way or the other. However, I interviewed an inmate at that jail at the Layo County Jail who spent time in there at the same time that Coburger was there. And he said 100% that is not the interior of the Latehaw County Jail. We don't have cages like that. He was very adamant. 100% does not look like the interior of the Lateo County Jail. The Idaho Department of Corrections, of course, they would be responsible for the Idaho Maximum security Institution where he is currently. They also released a statement about the videos and, and this is a little more nuanced. Here's what it says. We are aware of the videos circulating online and are investigating the matter. While we cannot yet confirm the veracity of the videos, if verified, they are a clear violation of IDOC policy and the parties responsible will be held accountable up to and including termination. We caution that some videos may be fake or AI enhanced. On July 23 and again on July 25, IDOC leadership sent two emails to staff reminding them of our policies and expectations concerning professionalism and the appropriate use of technology and social media. Videotaping and publicly sharing security footage is prohibited conduct, and we will be reviewing all legal options, including criminal prosecution. The safety and security of our staff and incarcerated population remain our top priority. Let me just hit on that date. July 23rd was sentencing day for Brian Coburger, okay? And it was our information that he was raced right off to the maximum security institution. They didn't hold him at the ADA County Jail for, you know, a couple more weeks while they did assessments on him. They moved him right away on the 23rd. And so maybe on the 25th, because he'd been there a couple days, they just put out a reminder email. It was pretty interesting that they gave us those two dates in that statement. I also want to tell you about the Pennsylvania jail, okay? Because there were two places in Pennsylvania where Bryan Coburger was held. Upon arrest, he was taken to the state police barracks, okay? And my source tells me that he'd be in a holding cell there. And they absolutely do not look like the video that you're seeing. So you can nix the state police barracks in Pennsylvania. But then afterwards, he was taken to the county jail where he was held until he was extradited to Idaho. And I remember two and a half years ago talking to my source in that jail who said he was in the holding and intake area that was fully windowed. They never transferred him into the jail itself. They held him at the fully windowed holding and intake area so that they could monitor him the entire time he was there. And he said 100%. The Pennsylvania county jail where Coburger was held doesn't have those cages, doesn't have bars over the toilets. It is absolutely not the county jail or the state police barracks in Pennsylvania. So it's starting to look more and more like the video that we're seeing. If it is authentic, could very well be the Idaho maximum security institution where Bryan Coburger is cooling his heels potentially for the rest of his life. Which is why I called Larry Levine. Larry is the founder of Wall Street Prison Consultants, and he knows his shit. He's a man who's been in multiple high security federal facilities himself. He spent 11 years locked up, right? And now he coaches white collar criminals and celebrities and high profile defendants on surviving life behind bars. He's also the author of multiple books, Prison Politics 101, Mastering the Art of Survival and also Lies. My lawyer told me Prelude to Justice. Larry actually sent his book Prison Politics 101 to Brian Coburger while he was locked up. And I thought he'd be a good person to, to ask about this video because there are a few things that we noticed right in the video and if we're trying to authenticate it, you know, a guy who spent some time behind bars, best person to ask. And let me just highlight a few things. As you look at the video, it definitely doesn't look like a typical cell, right. It's pretty big. You see the handicap bars near the toilet, so it kind of looks like a handicapped cell. Several pairs of shoes are lined up. So that's a point that Larry's gonna have something to say about. There's a garbage can that has a plastic bag in it. And what would you do if you were on suicide watch with a plastic bag? So this clearly doesn't look like anybody's nervous about Bryan Coburger in this cell. There's also an unusual cage like shelf where CO Burger's putting something up on top of it. And you can see some white styrofoam cups up on the top of the cage as well. So I was pretty curious about what's in the cage. Is that where food is delivered? But Larry's got some insight about that little cage like device. There's also an electrical cord. If you zoom in you can see an electrical cord that's sort of running vertically down the the front wall underneath that cage. Once again, if you're on suicide watch, you're not going to have access to an electrical cord because you know what you can do with that, right? So it doesn't look like anybody's worried about him in this cell. The jail jumpsuit's interesting. He's got black pants on. The shoes he's wearing are interesting. They're kind of like, they look like Converse sneakers at first but they're really just slip ons. And it looks like he has orange socks but he's not wearing an orange jumpsuit. And we know that when he was in Lato county before he started wearing, you know, civilian clothes into the courtroom all the time, he was wearing an orange jumpsuit. And this ain't no orange jumpsuit. Although you can see some clothes piled up on top of that cage like you know, locker shelf device. And maybe that's some of the prison garb that he has a choice to wear. It's hard to tell, but there's some intriguing, you know, wisdom that comes from the angle of the camera. First and foremost, whoever's taking this picture is someone looking at a monitor. So he is under constant surveillance, that whole cell, and someone's taken a picture of him on the monitor. They're not actually overlooking his cell. So the camera is positioned up in the corner of the cell. And Larry's got some great information about what. What that tells you. But there's also something really interesting that I think a lot of you will pick up on when you look at it. Look closely at Bryan Coburger's hands, because we have heard multiple reports from fellow inmates, not just in one of the incarceration units where he's been multiple, that he constantly washes his hands, that it's, like, pathological, the number of times he washes his hands, that he also showers for very, very long periods of time. But if you look at his hands in this video, they are extraordinarily red. Again, is it from hand washing? Is it from something else? It's certainly not from the murders, because he had six weeks to heal from those murders at the time he was arrested in Pennsylvania. And again, I don't know if this is a facility in Pennsylvania, if it's in Lato county, in Moscow, if it's in Ada county in the jail, or if it's in the, you know, the courthouse, who knows? But I thought it would be a really good idea to check in with Larry, first of all, to see if Larry feels that this is legit video and if there's some, you know, some forensic information that he can actually get from the video to tell us what the hell is going on here. Okay, Larry. First thing I thought when I saw it was, is it real? Is it fake? Gotta call Larry. What were your impressions when you saw the video?
