Mark Epstein Refuses to Discuss ‘Bubba’ Email, Blasts Chris Cuomo During Heated NewsNation Call

Summary: Jeffrey Epstein’s brother, Mark Epstein, angrily declined to discuss a newly released 2018 email that references President Donald Trump and a person called “Bubba” during a tense live phone interview with NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo. The exchange, released by the House Oversight Committee, has reignited questions about Epstein’s political ties and whether he possessed compromising material on public figures.

What the Email Said

The newly public March 2018 message — subpoenaed and published last week by the House Oversight Committee — includes a line in which Mark urges Jeffrey, who said he was with former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, to “ask him if Putin has the photos of Trump blowing Bubba.” That phrasing prompted widespread online speculation about the identities referenced.

The On-Air Exchange

Cuomo invited Mark Epstein onto his show for a phone interview and displayed portions of the email on-screen. As soon as Cuomo raised the messages, Mark pushed back and declined to discuss the specific exchange, calling it a private correspondence between brothers.

CHRIS CUOMO: All right. Mark, just, you know, easy suggestion, this back and forth with Jeffrey where he tells you that Bannon is with him and you say, ‘oh, great ask him if Putin still has photos of Donnie T’ – I’m assuming President Trump – with ‘blowing-‘ MARK EPSTEIN: Let me stop you here. I’m not discussing that e-mail. This is a private e-mail between Jeffrey and myself, 2 brothers talking, it’s nobody’s business what we wrote. The only thing I responded to, because people got crazy, was the ‘bubba’ reference and they try to put on Clinton. So I made a public statement that it was not any reference to Bill Clinton. I like Bill Clinton and I’m sorry for him, that he had to go through that. But the e-mail had nothing to do with Clinton and that’s my word on that email. What I do want to talk about, as I recently told, the reason they’re gonna be releasing these things, the reason for the flip, is that they’re sanitizing these files…

Focus Shifts to Epstein’s Death

Rather than discuss the email’s contents, Mark repeatedly returned to his long-standing contention that his brother did not commit suicide. He accused officials of “scrubbing” or sanitizing files and suggested the release of documents was part of a broader cover-up. When Cuomo cited statements from FBI figures — including Kash Patel and Dan Bongino, who said there was no proof the death was anything but suicide — Mark dismissed those claims and criticized Patel’s qualifications to comment.

Claims About Compromising Material

Cuomo tried to steer the conversation back to whether the emails suggested Jeffrey Epstein possessed compromising material on Donald Trump. Mark reiterated that Jeffrey had told him he possessed damaging information on Trump and had at one point suggested disclosing that information could upend an election. Mark said he had not personally seen such evidence and declined to discuss the specific email further.

When Cuomo asked why the alleged material never surfaced and why associates such as Ghislaine Maxwell had not revealed it, Mark responded that Maxwell received a favorable plea deal — a point Cuomo noted alongside Maxwell’s current imprisonment.

Takeaway: The interview offered few new facts but underscored two enduring threads of the Epstein story: public curiosity about his alleged political connections and ongoing disputes over the circumstances of his death. Mark Epstein refused to address the email on-air and emphasized his efforts to challenge the official account of Jeffrey Epstein’s death.