Newly released files from the United States Department of Justice indicate that the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was presented with an opportunity in 2016 to invest in a major property connected to the U.S. Department of Defense.
According to reporting by ITV News, emails contained in the document release reference a proposal for Epstein to acquire a stake in an 84,710-square-metre commercial complex in Arlington, Virginia. The site is located approximately 1.6 kilometers from the Pentagon and was described in investor materials as a “mission-critical” facility capable of meeting Department of Defense space and infrastructure requirements.
The proposed transaction, valued at roughly $116 million, would have made Epstein a co-owner of the property and effectively a landlord to the U.S. government. There is no indication in the released documents that the deal was completed.
Among the large cache of emails was a memo authored by an FBI informant alleging that Epstein had connections to Israeli intelligence and describing him as a “Mossad agent.” The memo also referenced his relationship with Ehud Barak, Israel’s former prime minister and former military intelligence leader.
No evidence in the public record has substantiated the claim that Epstein worked for Mossad, and the allegation remains unverified.
Epstein and Barak maintained contact for years. Public reports previously documented Barak’s visits to Epstein’s New York residence between 2013 and 2017.
The Pentagon-area proposal was included alongside two other documents an email, an investor presentation, and a deal summary within the Department of Justice release.
A businessman named David Stern, described in correspondence as a close associate of Epstein, forwarded the Arlington investment proposal. In separate communications from 2015, Stern also presented Epstein with a potential investment in FBI field office properties in Richmond and Baltimore, as well as federal courthouses.
That proposal reportedly required an initial $25 million investment, followed by an additional $80 million, structured through a Cayman Islands entity.
