Democratic senators are calling for a congressional hearing on JPMorgan Chase and other banks’ ties to accused child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
“The American people deserve to know what happened at JPMorgan and other banks that financed Mr. Epstein,” 10 Democratic members of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee wrote to Committee Chair Tim Scott (R-South Carolina).
“The Committee should hold a public hearing as soon as possible to examine failures and advance reforms that protect our communities,” they continued.
The letter was signed by Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts), Jack Reed (Rhode Island), Tina Smith (Minnesota), Catherine Cortez Masto (Nevada), Chris Van Hollen (Maryland), Raphael Warnock (Georgia), Andy Kim (New Jersey), Ruben Gall