Jeffrey Epstein had information about Donald Trump and the Clintons so incendiary it could overturn the 2016 presidential election if made public, according to the dead financier’s younger brother.
“Here’s a direct quote: ‘If I say what I know about both candidates, they will have to cancel the election.’ That’s what Jeffrey told me in 2016,” Mark Epstein told The Post Wednesday, recalling a conversation he had with his brother about the showdown between Trump and Hillary Clinton.
However, property developer Mark, 69, declined to comment further, saying his brother had never revealed to him what he knew about the then-presidential candidate.
Both candidates are known to have moved within Epstein’s circle, either directly or indirectly.
Trump flew on Epstein’s private jet seven times in the 90s, according to flight logs, jetting between Palm Beach, Florida, and New York, accompanied by family members at least twice.
Hillary is not known to be friends with Epstein personally, but her husband, former President Bill Clinton, has been friends with Epstein since at least 1993 during his first term in the White House.
Bill and Epstein visited each other many times throughout the year – including Epstein making at least 17 visits to the White House. The former president also traveled the world on Epstein’s jet, making trips to Europe, Asia and Africa in 2002 and 2003.
Jeffrey Epstein’s brother Mark told The Post that his brother claimed to have information about Donald Trump and the Clintons that would overturn the 2016 presidential election. Patrick McMullan via Getty Image
Mark said his brother taking Clinton on a philanthropic trip to Africa was the first thing that put him under scrutiny.
He added: “Well, when Jeff first took Clinton and I think it was Chris Tucker and some other people to Africa — which was a mistake my brother made by doing that, because before that he was under the radar; no one looked at him.
“But when he flew Clinton over there, it was like, ‘Who is this guy flying Clinton in?'”
Epstein’s jet later became known as the “Lolita Express” because he used it to sex-traffick underage girls between his various properties.
Trump flew on Epstein’s plane seven times in the 1990s, according to flight logs. Photo by Davidoff Studios/Getty Images Former President Bill Clinton was an ally of Epstein’s while in office. President William J. Clinton / MEGA
Clinton is expected to be identified as “John Doe 36” in a batch of court documents related to Epstein to be released Wednesday.
The 77-year-old is mentioned at least 50 times throughout the document, which comes from a 2015 lawsuit filed by Epstein’s accuser Virginia Giuffre against his right-hand woman, Ghislaine Maxwell.
Maxwell, a co-conspirator in the sex ring who is now in prison in Florida, allegedly claimed Epstein had videotapes showing Trump and Clinton compromising with women.
“If you get a tape on Trump, you have to do Clinton,” Maxwell said during a 2016 interview, former “60 Minutes” producer Ira Rosen alleged in his book, “Ticking Clock: Behind the Scenes at 60 Minutes.”
Bill Clinton is expected to be named several times in Epstein-related court documents to be released Wednesday. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Maxwell later allegedly said he did not know where the tapes were.
No such tape has ever been uncovered.
However, Clinton is not expected to be involved in any illegal activities, ABC News reported.
Giuffre has claimed he met Clinton on Epstein’s private Caribbean island, Little St. James, where the sex offender committed many of his lewd and gruesome crimes. Clinton has denied ever visiting the island, and currently available flight records support her claims.
In July 2019, after Epstein was arrested in New York and charged a second time with sex crimes involving underage girls, a Clinton spokeswoman said she knew “nothing about the heinous crimes Jeffrey Epstein was charged with in Florida several years ago , or those recently indicted in New York.”
A little over a month later, Epstein hanged himself in his prison cell.
It’s unclear whether Trump will appear in the document, but his known interactions with Epstein, including photos of them socializing, suggest he could.
At least 170 people with ties to Epstein – previously known only as John and Jane Does – are expected to be publicly identified following Manhattan federal Judge Loretta Preska’s decision to release the files.
Mark Epstein said he can’t believe his brother killed himself while in prison. Paul Bruinooge/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images
Many of the names are expected to be previously known associates, co-conspirators or employees of Epstein, and many previously anonymous accusers are expected to be named.
Mark Epstein, who believes his brother was murdered after his arrest in 2019 and did not commit suicide, doesn’t expect much to come of the file.
“My brother used to hold a conference on the island with famous mathematicians and scientists. So now they’re going to be tainted because they participated in one of these scientific panels?” he told The Post.
“It is not my job to defend my brother. That is not my purpose here. The only thing I saw was the circumstances of his murder,” he added.
The Post’s requests for comment to Trump and Clinton were not immediately returned.
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