(NewsNation) — Mark Epstein, the brother of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, tells NewsNation that his brother revealed he had “dirt” on President Donald Trump.
Epstein joined “CUOMO” days after Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released thousands of never-before-seen emails.
Earlier Monday, Trump called for the release of the files, in a reversal of course for the president. Mark Epstein told NewsNation that he believes the FBI is participating in a cover-up of the files relating to his brother, Jeffrey.
Mark Epstein alleges an FBI cover-up
“I’ve been recently told the reason they’re going to be releasing these things, and the reason for the flip is that they’re sanitizing these files,” Epstein alleged.
“There’s a facility in Winchester, Virginia, where they’re scrubbing the files to take Republican names out of it. That’s what I was told by a pretty good source,” he added.
Epstein doubled down on his claims, alleging FBI Director Kash Patel is participating in a cover-up of the way his brother died behind bars.
“He was the one who said in his testimony ‘you know a suicide when you see one.’ I had a laugh. How many suicides has that j****** seen?”
Shortly after last week’s release, Republican lawmakers released tens of thousands of emails from Epstein’s estate. House Speaker Mike Johnson said a vote to compel the Department of Justice to release all Epstein-related files could take place this week.
Jeffrey Epstein had ‘dirt’ on President Trump: Mark Epstein
The latest files showed emails between the Epstein brothers, in what some allege to reference President Trump engaging in some sort of sexual activity with former President Bill Clinton.
Epstein refused to discuss the emails at length Monday night.
“I’m not discussing that email. This is a private email between Jeffrey and myself, it’s two brothers talking. It’s nobody’s business what we wrote,” Epstein said.
“The only thing I responded to, because people got crazy with the ‘Bubba’ reference (in the email), and they tried to pin it on Clinton. So I made a public statement that it was not any reference to Bill Clinton. I like Bill Clinton … the email had nothing to do with Clinton, and that’s my last word on that email,” he said.
Epstein suggested his brother had compromising information on the president, but did not specify.
“He didn’t tell me what he knew, but Jeffrey definitely had dirt on Trump,” he alleged. “You could see in the emails, Trump could deny it all he wants, but it’s pretty clear everything Trump says is a lie.”
DOJ, FBI always had client list: Survivor
Lisa Phillips, a survivor of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, also joined “CUOMO” on Monday night and alleged Justice Department officials “already have had all the information they’ve needed to release for years now.”
Phillips said she and other victims of Jeffrey Epstein have named his famous clients, but she cannot understand why they have not been released to the public.
“We want to help to put the names out there, but it’s not our responsibility to do so. And I think you know, I think you know why,” Phillips said.