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Wyden Sets Sept. 11 Deadline in Demand for Treasury’s Epstein Financial Files

Treasury cites SAR confidentiality, denying any withheld records.

Overview

  • Wyden’s Sept. 2 letter directs Treasury to provide all Epstein‑related files, including suspicious activity reports, to the Senate Finance Committee by Sept. 11.
  • Bipartisan committee staff previously reviewed records in camera that they say show more than 4,700 transfers totaling about $1.08 billion from 2003 to 2019, including $170 million from Leon Black and flows through sanctioned Russian banks.
  • Treasury has dismissed the push as political theater, asserted there are no hidden files, and emphasized legal limits on disclosing SARs, with Secretary Scott Bessent earlier warning Wyden about discussing them publicly.
  • House Oversight Chair James Comer requested related Treasury records this week without a subpoena, adding Republican support for releasing documents tied to Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
  • Survivors and advocates gathered in Washington to urge the federal government to release the records to help identify enablers and advance accountability.