Trump accused of role in Epstein's death in explosive email sent to FBI, documents reveal [View all]

Source: The Independent

Saturday 07 February 2026 14:48 EST


Jeffrey Epstein’s brother accused President Donald Trump of being involved in the late convicted sex offender’s death in a tip sent to the FBI, according to a bombshell email revealed in the Department of Justice’s release of Epstein files.

On February 22, 2023, Mark Epstein submitted an online tip to the FBI’s National Threat Operations Center alleging that Epstein was murdered in his prison cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York in 2019 following his conviction on child sex offenses, rather than dying by suicide.

The Independent confirmed in a phone call with Mark Epstein on Saturday that he submitted the tip, which contained two spelling errors. As seen in the files, it was then forwarded by an unidentified Threat Intake Examiner at the FBI NTOC to a special agent.

The disgraced financier’s brother included his personal contact information and IP address in the submission, both of which are redacted in the publicly released file. “Jeffrey Epstein was murdered in his jail cell,” the tip read. “I have reason to believe he was killed because he was about to name names. I believe Presient (sic) Trump authorized is (sic) murder.”

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/trump-epstein-death-emails-fbi-b2916010.html