Jeffrey Epstein, the deceased pedophile financier, allegedly distanced himself from former President Donald Trump when he realized that Trump was a “crook,” according to Epstein’s brother, Mark Epstein.
Mark stated that he watched an unaired interview clip conducted by Steve Bannon, Trump’s former White House advisor, after his brother forwarded it to him in 2019.
At the time, Bannon was conducting filmed interviews with Jeffrey Epstein, and he sent him a Dropbox link to a clip, which Epstein then forwarded to his brother.
However, the link is no longer active.
While Insider has not independently viewed the video, Bannon could not be reached for comment on the matter.
Jeffrey Epstein was arrested in July 2019 on s**-trafficking charges and died in jail before his trial.
A compensation fund established after his death concluded that he had s**ually abused at least 136 people.
Epstein and Trump were reportedly acquaintances between the 1980s and 2000s, running in similar elite Manhattan social circles.
Epstein’s Palm Beach home was also near Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club, where Trump frequently visited.
There is footage from 1992 showing them socializing together.
One of Epstein’s accusers, Virginia Giuffre, testified that Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s associate, first picked her up at Mar-a-Lago when she was 16 years old, introducing her to Epstein.
Another accuser, during Maxwell’s trial in 2021, claimed that Maxwell introduced her to Trump at Mar-a-Lago when she was 14 years old.
Other accusers have mentioned that Maxwell and Epstein often dropped Trump’s name.
However, the exact reason for the fallout between Epstein and Trump remains unclear.
The Miami Herald reported that Epstein was expelled from Mar-a-Lago in 2007 after harassing a member’s daughter.
Trump has said very little publicly about his relationship with Epstein, although he did express well wishes when Maxwell was arrested.
According to Mark Epstein, Bannon recorded over 16 hours of footage for a documentary project.
In 2018, the Miami Herald published a series revealing how Epstein managed to secure a lenient plea deal in 2007 despite allegations of s**ual abuse from multiple girls.
Mark Epstein claimed that Bannon was working with Jeffrey to help rehabilitate his reputation.
Bannon released a trailer for his documentary titled “The Monsters” in 2021, but the full documentary has not yet been released.
Both Bannon and Trump currently face legal issues.
Bannon is facing criminal charges from the Manhattan district attorney’s office related to a scam nonprofit organization, while Trump may face an indictment from the same office for a hush-money scheme and a rape case.
