Warren says regulators failed to investigate banks tied to Epstein
Elizabeth WarrenU.S. senator from Massachusetts and ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, in a press release
Warren says she has spent a year asking Trump's financial regulators to investigate banks and executives who may have enabled Epstein's crimes, and that Congress must act because they have not.
“I have spent the last year calling on Donald Trump's financial regulators to launch investigations into the big banks and executives who may have enabled Jeffrey Epstein's horrific crimes”
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Warren and Garcia bill would force regulators to investigate banks tied to Epstein; the Fed and OCC say they cannot comment on investigations
Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Robert Garcia introduced the Epstein Wall Street Records Act on October 15, 2026. It would require the Federal Reserve, FDIC, OCC and SEC to disclose Epstein-related supervisory records, investigate banks and executives connected to Epstein, and impose industry bans and penalties on executives found to have enabled his access to the financial system. Warren says Trump's financial regulators failed to act on her requests for investigations. In letters she released, Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman and Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould said they could not comment on specific investigations, and JPMorgan Chase said it did not facilitate or knowingly enable illegal activity.
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American Banker report on the Epstein Wall Street Records Act, introduced October 15, 2026. It quotes the press release statements of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rep. Thomas Massie and Rep. Robert Garcia, Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman's June 12 letter to Warren and JPMorgan's letter to Warren.
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Banking Dive report on the Epstein Wall Street Records Act. It quotes Warren's statement on the bill and the letters Warren received from Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman in June and Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould in March 2026.
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Warren and Rep. Robert Garcia introduced the Epstein Wall Street Records Act, which would require federal financial regulators to disclose supervisory records related to Epstein and investigate banks and bankers connected to him.
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Warren adds that since the regulators have failed to act, Congress must. She also released the text of the bill and the regulators' responses to her requests.
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Relative to whether banks and executives enabled Epstein and whether regulators have failed to act, Warren says the regulators have not acted on her requests and that Congress must step in.
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“JPMC ended its banking relationship with Jeffrey Epstein in 2013. The Firm did not facilitate or knowingly enable illegal activity.”Read statement
Fed's Bowman says she cannot confirm investigations
“I cannot confirm the existence of or otherwise comment on specific investigations”Read statement
OCC's Gould declines to comment on specific supervisory matters
“While it would be inappropriate for me to comment on any specific ongoing supervisory matter, I take any allegation of wrongdoing or abuse by banks or bank executives very seriously”Read statement
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