The judge who authorized the FBI raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate has been under scrutiny for years.
His connection to Jeffrey Epstein has long raised eyebrows among conservatives.
But one newly revealed detail about his relationship with the convicted sex trafficker just left everyone stunned.
House Oversight Uncovers Bombshell About Judge’s Epstein Ties
U.S. Judge Bruce Reinhart became a household name in August 2022 when he signed the warrant that authorized the FBI’s controversial raid on President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home.¹
The raid sent shockwaves through the country and marked an unprecedented escalation in the weaponization of federal law enforcement against a former president.
But Reinhart’s ties to convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein have been known for years — he worked as a federal prosecutor on the Epstein case before switching sides to defend Epstein’s employees in January 2008, just one day after leaving the U.S. Attorney’s Office.²
Last week, the House Oversight Committee dropped a bombshell that revealed the relationship went even deeper than anyone knew.
According to newly released documents from the committee’s interview with former U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta, Reinhart didn’t just work for Epstein — he shared office space with the deceased pedophile.³
The revelation came when House investigators presented corporate records showing that Reinhart incorporated his private law practice on October 23, 2007, listing his address as 250 Australian Ave. South, Suite 1400, in West Palm Beach, Florida.⁴
Exactly one week later, Epstein incorporated an organization called the Florida Science Foundation at the exact same address — the same suite number, the same building.⁵
That address belonged to Jack Goldberger, Epstein’s lead criminal defense attorney.⁶
Acosta Expresses Shock at New Revelation
When House Oversight Committee investigators presented this evidence to Acosta during his September testimony, the former U.S. Attorney expressed genuine surprise.
"So you’ve just disclosed something that I did not know," Acosta told investigators.⁷ "I knew that he had left to work for Epstein while this case was pending. I did not know that he is the one that filed these articles of incorporation."⁸
Acosta also told the committee that it was unethical for Reinhart to have incorporated his private law practice while he was still employed by the Department of Justice.⁹
This raises serious questions about confidential information and conflicts of interest.
When prosecutors switch sides to defend people they were investigating, strict ethical rules exist to prevent the misuse of insider knowledge.
Sharing office space with the target’s defense team while still working as a prosecutor creates exactly the kind of conflict that legal ethics rules are designed to prevent.
Attorneys who share offices typically have access to each other’s files, client information, and strategic discussions — even if they claim to maintain separate practices.
That’s why bar associations warn lawyers in office-sharing arrangements to avoid conflicts by keeping files completely separate and not representing adverse parties.¹⁰
But Reinhart didn’t just share space with any defense attorney — he shared it with Epstein’s lead criminal defense lawyer while the DOJ was finalizing a plea deal with Epstein.
Then, one day after leaving the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Reinhart went to work defending the very people he’d been investigating.
The optics couldn’t be worse.
The Florida Science Foundation played a central role in Epstein’s sweetheart plea deal.
Epstein was allowed to serve his work-release at the foundation during his 13-month sentence in 2008 and 2009 for procuring a child for prostitution — a sentence widely criticized as absurdly lenient given the scope of his crimes.¹⁰
Reinhart’s decision to leave federal prosecution and immediately go to work defending Epstein’s co-conspirators has long been controversial.
He represented Epstein’s pilots, his scheduler Sarah Kellen, and Nadia Marcinkova — a woman who some of Epstein’s victims identified as his "Yugoslavian sex slave."¹¹
All of these individuals received immunity from federal prosecution as part of Epstein’s non-prosecution agreement.¹²
A 2011 Crime Victims’ Rights Act lawsuit accused Reinhart of violating Justice Department policy by switching sides and potentially using insider information about the Epstein investigation to curry favor with the sex trafficker.¹³
The lawsuit alleged that Reinhart had access to "confidential, non-public information about the Epstein matter" while working as a prosecutor, then used that knowledge to benefit Epstein’s team.¹⁴
Reinhart has consistently denied having access to confidential information about the case, claiming he wasn’t directly involved in the Epstein investigation.¹⁵
But the U.S. Attorney’s Office claimed otherwise, according to the Miami Herald.¹⁶
The fact that Reinhart incorporated his private practice at the same address as Epstein’s lead defense attorney — while still employed by the DOJ — suggests the relationship was closer than he’s admitted.
Legal experts say prosecutors who switch to defense work must avoid even the appearance of using government insider information for private gain.
That’s why strict "revolving door" rules exist for government attorneys.
But Reinhart appears to have violated the spirit, if not the letter, of those rules by setting up shop in Epstein’s defense team’s office suite before he even officially resigned.
The Mar-a-Lago Connection Raises More Questions
The timing of these revelations couldn’t be more explosive.
Reinhart is the same judge who authorized the FBI to raid Trump’s home in 2022 — an unprecedented action against a former president that many conservatives viewed as politically motivated persecution.
Federal Election Commission records show Reinhart donated $2,000 to Barack Obama’s campaign in 2008 and $500 to Trump rival Jeb Bush in 2015.¹⁷
The judge also recused himself from a RICO lawsuit Trump filed against Hillary Clinton and other Democrats — raising questions about potential bias.¹⁸
Now we know that Reinhart not only defended Epstein’s accomplices but operated out of the same office suite as Epstein’s criminal defense team and the foundation Epstein used during his work-release.
The optics are devastating.
A judge with deep professional and financial ties to Jeffrey Epstein’s legal team signed off on a warrant to raid the home of Epstein’s political enemy.
Trump has been one of the few powerful figures willing to speak openly about Epstein’s crimes, and multiple reports indicate he banned Epstein from Mar-a-Lago years before Epstein’s first arrest.¹⁹
The House Oversight Committee’s ongoing investigation into the Epstein case continues to unearth troubling connections between powerful figures and the convicted sex trafficker.
But few revelations have been as shocking as learning that the judge who authorized the raid on Trump’s home once shared office space with Epstein himself.
The question conservatives are asking now: How many other compromised figures are still operating in positions of power within the federal government?
And how many of them have ties to Jeffrey Epstein that the American people don’t know about yet?
¹ Ken Silva, "Judge Who Approved Mar-a-Lago Raid Once Shared Office w/ Jeffrey Epstein," Headline USA, October 18, 2025.
² Ibid.
³ Ibid.
⁴ Ibid.
⁵ Ibid.
⁶ Ibid.
⁷ Ibid.
⁸ Ibid.
⁹ Ibid.
¹⁰ "OSB Formal Ethics Opinion No. 2005-50," Oregon State Bar, Professional Liability Fund, Conflicts of Interest Systems – Procedures.
¹¹ Wendell Husebø, "Magistrate Bruce Reinhart Approved FBI Raid on Trump’s Mar-A-Lago," Breitbart, August 9, 2022.
¹² Ibid.
¹³ Spencer Brown, "New Details About Judge Who Approved Mar-A-Lago Raid Raises All Sorts of Red Flags," Townhall, August 9, 2022.
¹⁴ Ken Silva, "Judge Who Approved Mar-a-Lago Raid Once Shared Office w/ Jeffrey Epstein," Headline USA, October 18, 2025.
¹⁵ "Bruce Reinhart unsealed: The magistrate judge at the center of the Justice Dept’s inquiry into Trump’s handling of classified records," CBS News, August 18, 2022.
¹⁶ Ibid.
¹⁷ Natalie Winters, "REPORT: Judge Behind Mar A Lago Raid Is Epstein-Linked, Obama Donor," The National Pulse, August 9, 2022.
¹⁸ Trevor Loudon, "About That Judge Bruce E. Reinhart," Trevor Loudon’s New Zeal Blog, August 11, 2022.
¹⁹ Sarah Blaskey, "Trump banned Jeffrey Epstein from Mar-a-Lago after sex criminal hit on member’s daughter, book claims," CNBC, August 4, 2020.
