Financier ‘had enough dirt to cancel 2016 US election’

JEFFREY EPSTEIN once boasted he had information about Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton that would have derailed the 2016 election if it were made public, his brother has claimed.

The disgraced financier’s links to the rich and famous have been underscored in legal documents made public by a US court on Wednesday.

However, Epstein’s younger brother, Mark, 69, has suggested his ties with powerful figures went further than has been disclosed.

“Here’s a direct quote: ‘If I said what I know about both candidates, they’d have to cancel the election.’ That’s what Jeffrey told me in 2016,” Mr Epstein told the New York Post. The property developer said his sibling never disclosed the details of what he knew.

While Mrs Clinton was not known to spend time with Epstein, Epstein made at least 17 visits to the White House, presidential logs show, and Bill Clinton flew on Epstein’s private jet. Mr Clinton, whose name came up several times in the first tranche of files, has not been accused of any wrongdoing.

His spokesman Angel Urena said in July 2019, when Epstein was arrested, that Mr Clinton “knows nothing about the terrible crimes” Epstein was accused of, and that the pair had not spoken “in more than a decade”.

Mr Trump flew on Epstein’s private jet at least four times. His name was also mentioned in the files. He has also not been accused of any wrongdoing.

Mr Trump said in 2019 he only knew Epstein because “everybody in Palm Beach” did.

The Daily Telegraph has contacted representatives for Mr and Mrs Clinton and Mr Trump for comment.