OCC's Gould declines to comment on specific supervisory matters
Jonathan V. GouldComptroller of the Currency, in a letter to Sen. Elizabeth Warren
Gould tells Warren it would be inappropriate to comment on any specific supervisory matter but says he takes allegations of wrongdoing by banks or bank executives very seriously.
“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”
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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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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 had asked federal regulators whether they had opened investigations into banks' connections to Epstein. Banking Dive reports that she was dissatisfied with the answers she received this year, and that Gould wrote to her in March.
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Warren and Rep. Robert Garcia later introduced legislation that would compel regulators to investigate Epstein-connected banks and executives.
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Relative to whether regulators have failed to investigate banks and executives tied to Epstein, Gould, answering Warren's letter on the matter, says it would be inappropriate to comment on any specific ongoing supervisory matter rather than saying whether the OCC has acted.
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Read the full caseWarren says regulators failed to investigate banks tied to Epstein
“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”Read statement
JPMorgan says it did not facilitate Epstein's illegal activity
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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
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