Dems could grill JPMorgan on Jeffrey Epstein ties once they take control of Congress; committee crows, Lets fking go

Democrats are reportedly preparing to investigate JPMorgan’s banking relationship with late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — and are considering hauling execs at other Wall Street giants before Congress once they take control in January. The Senate Finance Committee’s Democrats are planning to scrutinize how executives at the nation’s largest bank handled Epstein, who was a major client of the bank for about 15 years, CNBC reported Thursday citing anonymous sources. Epstein died by suicide in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019 weeks after being charged with human trafficking.He also pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from a minor in 2008 – five years before JPMorgan finally dropped him. Senior congressional Dems have reportedly been studying a lefty think tank’s 181-page dossier penned by former staffers of Sens.

Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Bernie Sanders of Vermont.The document from the Groundwork Collaborative argues Dems should focus on a broader swath of investigations than ones aired in the news to date, according to the Washington Sun. Instead of targeting President Trump’s gift of a jet from Qatar, Reflecting Pool renovation or White House ballroom construction, Dems should question executives for health care, tech, energy and Wall Street sectors about the current cost-of-living crisis, the document argued. Sen.

Ron Wyden – an Oregon Democrat who is married to the owner of NYC’s Strand bookstore – is currently the ranking member of the Finance Committee and could take the chairman position in January. On Tuesday, as Democrats around the country flipped congressional seats, Wyden shared a suggestive one-word remark on X: “Subpoenas.” Dem members of the Finance Committee, who have their own account, replied: “Let’s f–king go.” In the Epstein case, Democrats are planning to target decisions made by Mary Callahan Erdoes, the chief executive of JPMorgan’s wealth management division, according to CN...