Mark Epstein, brother of notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, insisted that “Bubba” does not refer to Bill Clinton in recently released Epstein emails, but did not say to whom it did refer, The Telegraph reported on Sunday.
In an email between Mark and Jeffrey Epstein, dated March 2018, Jeffrey Epstein was told to ask Steve Bannon, Trump’s former chief strategist, “If Putin has the photos of Trump blowing Bubba.”
Some 23,000 pages of emails from Jeffrey Epstein's estate were released by the US Congress and published on Wednesday of last week.
“Blowing” someone is a slang term commonly used to describe performing oral sex on a person.
“Bubba”, a Southern American term of endearment, is also a known nickname of former President Clinton. However, Mark Epstein has released a statement claiming that this is not who the emails refer to.
Who is “Bubba” if not Bill Clinton?
“For the avoidance of doubt, the reference to ‘Bubba’ in this correspondence is not, in any way, a reference to former President Bill Clinton.”
In the statement, Epstein claims people are misinterpreting the conversation, calling it “part of a humorous private exchange between two brothers.”
His spokesperson claimed that Bubba is “a private individual who is not a public figure.”
Epstein argued that attaching political meaning to the nickname “misrepresents both the purpose and the tone of the original correspondence,” and distracts from “the serious questions that remain unanswered.”
He said the emails “were never meant for public release or to be interpreted as serious remarks.”
He is refusing to provide additional context or a counter-claim as to who “Bubba” refers to in the emails, with his spokesperson saying that “the press release will be [Mark’s] final statement on this matter,” leaving the public with more uncertainty and questions unanswered.
In a lengthy statement shared on Truth Social on Friday, Trump called the emails part of “the Epstein Hoax,” saying that Democrats are using them “to try and deflect from their disastrous SHUTDOWN, and all of their other failures.”
He claimed, “This is another Russia, Russia, Russia Scam, with all arrows pointing to the Democrats.”
Robert Garcia, the leading Democrat on the US House Oversight Committee, responsible for releasing the emails, said Trump is trying to "deflect from serious new questions we have about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein."
Clinton also has previously denied any knowledge of Epstein’s crimes, but has not commented on these specific emails.