Ranking Member Robert Garcia, All Oversight Democrats, Call on Committee Republicans to Issue Subpoenas to Jeffrey Epstein’s Banks
Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led every Democratic Member of the Oversight Committee in sending a letter to Chairman James Comer urging the issuance of subpoenas to JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, Bank of America, Bank of New York Mellon, and other financial institutions linked to Jeffrey Epstein. These banks had extensive roles in managing Jeffrey Epstein’s financial accounts and facilitating questionable transactions, including large international transfers and cash withdrawals. They possess records which will reveal the sources of Epstein’s wealth and provide critical details on his network of enablers and associates. This letter follows new bombshell reporting from Bloomberg that reveals the Department of Justice investigated Epstein for extensive financial crimes prior to the sweetheart deal offered by Former U.S Attorney and Trump Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta. The documents shed light on the extensive investigation into Epstein’s financial crimes, which was conducted before Epstein’s sweetheart deal was granted. The Department of Justice continues to conceal this information from the Oversight Committee and the public, despite its obligation to produce them under the Committee’s subpoena.
“Jeffrey Epstein exploited women and young girls for decades, using his immense wealth to enable his abuse. These financial institutions had extensive roles in managing his financial accounts that are critical to our investigation,” said Ranking Member Robert Garcia. “Full bank records will tell us much more about the network of Epstein’s illegal activities, identify his associates, highlight questionable transactions, and reveal people and institutions who made his crimes possible. No one is above the law, and we will not stop fighting for justice for the survivors and transparency for the American people.”
In the letter, the Members of Congress wrote, “Reports further indicate that considerable amounts of undisclosed evidence of Epstein’s financial crimes, previously collected by federal prosecutors, are likely in the possession of the Department of Justice (DOJ). Such information must be disclosed pursuant to the bipartisan subpoena issued to DOJ by our Committee and, in the face of DOJ’s inaction in producing the files, we must continue to seek evidence from all other possible sources of information.”
On September 8, 2025, Chairman Comer promised to issue a subpoena to obtain Epstein’s bank records, but has not yet followed through on this pledge.
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