From: To: Cc Subject: Jeffrey Epstein's Curious Ties to His Brother's Real-Estate Business Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 20:02:35 +0000 Jeffrey Epstein's Curious Ties to His Brother's Real-Estate Business NY Magazine By James D. Walsh 8/14/19 Jeffrey Epstein's apparent suicide over the weekend likely means that his criminal case will not proceed. But in a statement Saturday, Attorney General William Barr issued a sharp warning: "Any co-conspirators should not rest easy." There has been plenty of speculation as to whom may be held responsible for helping or enabling Epstein, from his alleged madam, Ghislaine Maxwell, to the attorneys who handled his business dealings for decades. While he has not been accused of involvement in the sex offender's crimes, new details about Jeffrey's younger brother, Mark Epstein, have raised questions about their business ties, and how dose the pair really were. Jeffrey and Mark grew up together in the Sea Gate community in Brooklyn. Mark, who is a year-and-a-half younger than his brother, went on to start a silk-screening business and, having "semi-retired" at age 39, he dabbled in real estate and philanthropy. In 2009, Mark was named chair of the Cooper Union board. That ended with his resignation in 2015 after the school's controversial decision to begin charging students tuition for the first time in the college's 150-year history. The Epstein brothers' relationship in adulthood is opaque. In £dings, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District had said Jeffrey had "no known immediate family" and "no meaningful family ties." Yet in a 2009 deposition, Mark said that he knew Donald Trump flew on Jeffrey's plane "numerous times" and that he'd personally seen Trump on his brother's plane once. "They were good friends," Mark recently told the Washington Post "I know [Trump] is trying to distance himself, but they were." After Jeffrey pleaded not guilty last month to sex trafficking of minors, Mark offered his Florida ho