Saturday, March 21, 2026

Why is the GOP blocking Epstein bank records?

Senator Ron Wyden has been working for years to unravel Jeffrey Epstein's crimes by following his money. This should be a no-brainer -- it's been clear for a long time that Epstein had been involved in a global sex trafficking and money laundering empire.

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... His banks were fined by the Government and the financial institutions paid over $365 million dollars in civil legal settlements to victims for failing to flag suspicious bank transactions involving his businesses over the years.

Those financial transactions could provide a road map of Epstein's crimes -- the scope of his illicit activities and who else was involved.

Wyden has been doing what others have failed to do -- and that includes officials in both the Biden and the Trump administrations.

Epstein's transactions, according to Wyden " who saw some of them under the Biden administration -- were connected to payments made to women and others who presumably worked for him as part of his various criminal networks. ...

Like everything else Epstein, that investigation died. No one was charged, and it's not clear why. The public, and especially Epstein's victims, deserve to know what happened " and whether there was any undue influence that led the case to be scuttled " and another opportunity to put Epstein behind bars wasted.

Wyden would like to see an unredacted copy of that report. But just like the Epstein' files, the DOJ is making it as difficult as possible. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-21 01:01 PM

Another view ...

Republicans Block Epstein Financial Records Subpoena (October 2025)
www.kbklawyers.com

... Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian expose how House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan killed subpoenas for Jeffrey Epstein's financial records from four major banks just as Congress was poised to investigate $1.5 billion in suspicious transactions. ...

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-21 01:03 PM

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