Jeffrey Epstein’s brother hurls bombshell claim at DOJ: 'There's a facility in Virginia'

Mark Epstein, the brother of Jeffrey Epstein, lobbed an explosive claim at the Trump administration Monday as its Justice Department continues to face scrutiny over its botched release of files on the disgraced financier.

The DOJ released a trove of Epstein-related files on Friday, but has faced backlash over failing to adhere to the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which required the agency release all of its files on Epstein by Friday, and with limited redactions. Instead, only a fraction of the agency’s files on Epstein were released, and redactions were made that critics have called unlawful.

President Donald Trump also initially opposed efforts to compel his DOJ to release the files, dismissing inquiries around Epstein as a “hoax” created by Democrats, though ultimately flipped in support of the effort after it became clear that enough Republicans were disregarding his objections.

“I’ve been recently told [that] the reason they’re gonna be releasing these things, and the reason for the flip is that they’re sanitizing these files,” Mark Epstein said during an appearance Monday on NewsNation.

“There’s a facility in Winchester, Virginia where they’re scrubbing the files to take Republican names out. That’s what I was told by a pretty good source.”

While Mark Epstein provided no additional evidence supporting his claim, his remarks were partially consistent with previous reports that suggested FBI agents had been instructed to “flag” mentions of Trump within the DOJ’s trove of Epstein files for potential redactions or suppression.

Mark Epstein has not been accused of any wrongdoing, and has said he was unaware of his brother’s crimes until 2006. Mark Epstein has also cast doubt on the circumstances surrounding his brother’s death in 2019, which, while officially ruled a suicide, has sparked speculation due to several oddities surrounding the incident.

“It looks more like a homicide,” Mark Epstein said of his brother’s death last month.