Congresswoman Mixes Up Her Jeffrey Epsteins

A Long Island neurosurgeon named Jeffrey Epstein—completely unrelated to the late financier of the same name—was unexpectedly thrust into the national spotlight after Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas suggested on the House floor that his political donations might be part of a wider conspiracy linked to the infamous sex offender.

Now, Dr. Epstein says he’s toying with the idea of a playful response: making a small donation to Crockett’s own campaign so he can point out that she, too, accepted money from “Jeffrey Epstein.”

“I’ve had people make jokes, sure, but it’s never been a real issue,” he told the New York Post. He said Crockett’s remarks were the first time anyone publicly treated his name as something suspicious.

Crockett’s comments came after she noticed donations from a “Jeffrey Epstein” to the 2020 campaign of Lee Zeldin, the former New York congressman who now heads the EPA. She suggested the contributions were questionable—apparently unaware they came from a completely different Epstein.

According to The Hill, Crockett also took aim at Republicans Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin, and the late John McCain, implying connections to Epstein based solely on the shared name. Zeldin fired back on social media, writing in all caps: “NO FREAKIN RELATION YOU GENIUS!!!”

Dr. Epstein seems unfazed by the sudden attention. “It’s my name,” he said. “If my name had been Jeffrey Dahmer when all that came out, would that have been a problem? Probably. But what can you do?” He added that having the same name as a notorious figure isn’t ideal, though he “could care less.”

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