Mark Epstein, the older brother of the late Jeffrey Epstein, argued Tuesday that the Trump administration keeps putting its foot “further down their mouth” amid controversy over the disgraced financier’s alleged suicide in 2019.
The case has been back in headlines in recent days after the Department of Justice (DOJ) concluded in a memo that there is “no evidence” supporting claims Epstein did not kill himself.
In an interview on NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Mark Epstein stressed his view that his brother “was most likely murdered.”
“Every time they say something or do something to try to quash the fact that he was most likely murdered, they just put their foot further down their mouth,” he told host Chris Cuomo, when asked why he doesn’t believe the administration’s latest explanation.
The older Epstein brother pointed to FBI Director Kash Patel’s rhetoric around the conspiracies and his confirmation hearing earlier this year, when the Trump official “listed his credentials as a prosecutor and other such things, and he said that it was a suicide.”
He paraphrased the remarks, recalling that Patel said something to the effect of, “You know a suicide when you see it.”
“So the questions that popped into my mind was, first of all, number one, how many suicides has he seen? Number one,” Mark Epstein continued. “Two, is he a forensic pathologist? Does he have a medical degree? Does he have a certificate that he passed a CPR course? Does he have a Boy Scout merit badge for first aid? What is he basing his expertise on?”
He also noted that Patel was not in the room when they found his brother unresponsive in his jail cell in New York City.
“So, every time they say something, when Kash Patel came out with that statement, I laughed at how stupid it was,” Mark Epstein added.
The DOJ’s memo, published Monday, also concluded that he did not keep a “client list,” nor that the convicted sex offender sought to blackmail powerful figures implicated in his crimes.
Those revelations contradict conspiracy theories pushed by some right-wing media personalities and internet influencers, many of whom fumed Monday over the memo and alleged a cover-up was taking place.
The administration shared a nearly 11-hour video to back up its claims — though a roughly one-minute time stamp jump has left some raising their eyebrows. President Trump on Tuesday during a Cabinet meeting also brushed off questions surrounding Epstein, reiterating the DOJ’s findings.
