A Long Island neurosurgeon who shares a name with the late convicted sex offender jeffrey Epstein found himself embroiled in controversy surrounding the newly released Epstein files.

His name surfaced after a Congresswoman mistakenly linked his political donations to those of the disgraced billionaire.

During a House Session,US Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett alleged that Jeffrey Epstein donated to former Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin.The donations she referenced were made in 2020, after the sex offender epstein died in jail.

In her speech, Crockett stated that campaign donations made to lee Zeldin in April and August 2020 came from Jeffrey Epstein. Later, it was discovered that the donor was actually Dr. Jeffrey Epstein, with no connection to the financier or the ongoing scandal.

Dr. Jeffrey Epstein reacted to the mix-up, jokingly saying, “I think that I should contribute money to Jasmine Crockett and then let everybody know that she also took money from Jeffrey Epstein.”

Asked if people had ever confused him with the convicted sex offender before, he said it had never been an issue until Crockett publicly raised it. “Until she said something, it was never an issue,” Dr. Jeffrey Epstein told the New York Post.