Mark Epstein · BBC Newsnight · July 25, 2025

"In the 2016 election... Jeffrey told me that if he said what he knew about the candidates, they would have to cancel the election."

— Mark Epstein, on his brother Jeffrey, in interview broadcast by BBC Newsnight, July 25, 2025. In the same interview Mark Epstein said his brother "had dirt on people" but never told him what the material was.

TRUMP · 1987–early-2000s

"Donald's closest friend for ten years."

— Jeffrey Epstein on tape to journalist Michael Wolff (recorded 2017, surfaced 2024). See also Trump in New York magazine, Oct 28, 2002: "I've known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side."

MAXWELL · Nov 10, 1991

Ghislaine Maxwell's father, British media baron Robert Maxwell, is buried on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem in a state-style funeral attended by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, President Chaim Herzog (who delivers the eulogy), and six serving and former heads of Israeli intelligence.

— Washington Post, Nov 11, 1991 · corroborating: Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Nov 11, 1991 · Gordon Thomas, Gideon's Spies · Seymour Hersh, The Samson Option (1991).

GATES · July 2013

"…delete the emails regarding your std, your request that I provide you antibiotics that you can surreptitiously give to Melinda…"

— Jeffrey Epstein, draft letter to Bill Gates kept in his own files; released by the U.S. Department of Justice as exhibit EFTA01967528 under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. A spokesperson for Gates called the claim "absolutely absurd and completely false." CNN, Feb 5, 2026.