- Mark Epstein, a 69-year-old property developer, said his brother Jeffrey – who died in prison in August 2019 – claimed he had secrets about Bill Clinton and Trump
- Mark said his brother, who was 18 months older, told him in 2016: “If I told them what I know about both candidates, they would have to cancel the election.”
- Hillary is not believed to have been close to Jeffrey Epstein, but her husband was friends with him starting in 1993, and Donald Trump was Epstein's friend in the 1990s.
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Jeffrey Epstein's brother said Wednesday that his sibling claimed to have information about Donald Trump and Bill Clinton that was so explosive it would derail the 2016 presidential election.
Mark Epstein, a New York-based real estate developer who was 18 months younger than Jeffrey, said his brother never provided details.
Mark, 69, told us The New York Post: 'Here's a direct quote: 'If I told them what I know about both candidates, they would have to cancel the election.' Jeffrey told me that in 2016.'
Hillary Clinton was not known to spend time with Jeffrey Epstein, but her husband had been a friend since at least 1993.
The pedophile financier made at least 17 visits to the White House, presidential logs show, and Bill Clinton also flew on Epstein's private jet and made trips to Europe, Asia and Africa in 2002 and 2003.
Bill Clinton is seen with Jeffrey Epstein at the White House in 1993, during an event for donors to the White House Historical Association. Epstein attended the event after donating $10,000 to the fund. Ghislaine Maxwell is pictured next to Epstein
Donald Trump and Epstein are pictured together at Mar-a-Lago in 1997
Donald and Melania Trump are seen with Epstein and Maxwell at Mar-a-Lago in February 2000
Mark Epstein said flying with Bill Clinton was a major mistake by his brother because it suddenly put his activities in the spotlight.
“Jeff first took Clinton, and I think it was Chris Tucker and a few other people, to Africa – which was a mistake my brother made in that, because he was under the radar before that; no one was looking at him.
“But when he flew Clinton there, I thought, 'Who is this guy flying Clinton?'
Bill Clinton's spokesperson Angel Urena said in July 2019, when Jeffrey Epstein was arrested, that he knows “nothing about the terrible crimes” Epstein was accused of, and that Clinton had not spoken to Epstein “in more than a decade.”
Donald Trump, whose Mar-a-Lago resort was 1.5 miles from Jeffrey Epstein's Palm Beach villa, was a friend of Epstein in the 1990s and flew on his private jet at least four times.
'I've known Jeff for fifteen years. Great guy,” Trump told New York magazine in 2002.
'It's a lot of fun to hang out with him. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. There's no doubt about it: Jeffrey enjoys his social life.'
Mark Epstein, Jeffrey's brother, 18 months younger. Mark said Wednesday that his brother claimed in 2016 to have explosive information about Clinton and Trump
After Epstein was arrested in July 2019, Trump said he only knew Epstein because “everyone in Palm Beach” did.
Trump said he had not spoken to Epstein “in 15 years” because of “an argument.”
“I was not a fan of his, I can tell you that,” Trump said, also claiming that Epstein was never a member of his Mar-a-Lago club.
Bill Clinton is expected to be identified as 'John Doe 36' in a trove of court documents related to Epstein that will be released on Wednesday. Donald Trump is probably also mentioned.
The documents come from a 2015 lawsuit filed by Virginia Giuffre against Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's right-hand man.
Maxwell was convicted of sex trafficking and sentenced to 20 years in prison in June 2022.
The court documents were sealed in 2017.