Mark Epstein says brother flew on Trump's plane, asks for flight records

Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News on Nov 20, 2025

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While it’s already known President Donald Trump flew on Jeffrey Epstein’s plane, his brother suggests in a new interview Trump may have returned the favor.

“They say Donald was on Jeff’s plane like seven times, but I question, have they checked Donald’s flight logs from those days to see how many times Jeffrey was on his plane?” Mark Epstein told CNN.

According to Mark Epstein, his brother told him he traveled on Trump’s private jet on “a number of occasions.”

Epstein owned several properties where sexual misconduct is believed to have taken place including an island in the Virgin Islands.Trump has said he was never there.

Epstein, who was 66 when he died, had been accused of using his private plane to transport young women and powerful men around the world. By CNN’s count, Trump flew on Epstein’s plane at least eight times, though the president hasn’t been charged with impropriety in relation to Epstein. It’s not clear how many times Trump and Epstein flew together in total.

The White House hasn’t responded to a Daily News request for comment.

“Jeff and Donald were very good friends through the’ 90s, I don’t know exactly when it ended, 2004 or something,” Mark Epstein said. “But they were really good friends.”

Trump said in July that he cut ties with his former pal because the financier “took people” from his Mar-a-Lago spa to work for him many years ago. He also called his old pal a “sick pervert.”

Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide in a Manhattan prison cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. According to his brother, Jeffrey Epstein said he stopped hanging out with Trump because he thought his pal was “a crook.”

Following months of pressure, the president signed a bill Wednesday compelling his administration to release files detailing law enforcement’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged indiscretions. Mark Epstein isn’t surprised Trump was in no hurry to get that done when he took office in January.

“There are things in there he doesn’t want people to see,” he said. “I mean that’s pretty, seems to be obvious.”

The president maintains his innocence. The White House hasn’t returned a request for comment on Mark Epstein’s allegations.

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