Sen. Wyden calls out DOJ and FBI, says they ‘must hand over this information’ or Democrats will subpoena it while accusing President Trump of ‘hiding Epstein evidence to protect Wall Street banks’

Oregon – Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden is accusing the Trump administration of withholding evidence from the public as part of his investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial ties to major Wall Street banks, saying Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel must turn over records or Democrats could subpoena them if they regain control of Congress.

“HUGE: My investigation discovered that Trump is hiding Epstein investigation evidence to protect Wall Street banks,” Wyden said in a post. “Kash Patel and Todd Blanche must hand over this information or Democrats will subpoena it when we win back Congress.”

Wyden’s comments came after his Senate Finance Committee investigation uncovered what he says is evidence that the FBI possesses an interview report involving a banker tied to Epstein that was not included in the Epstein-related records released publicly by the Justice Department.

The dispute centers on an FBI FD-302 report, the bureau’s standard form for documenting an interview conducted by an FBI agent. According to Wyden, investigators working for his office recently learned that the FBI possesses a 302 documenting an interview with a banker connected to Epstein that was conducted as part of a criminal investigation into Epstein and his associates.

Wyden said the report was not included among the documents released by the Justice Department under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

In a Sept. 30 letter to Blanche and Patel, Wyden demanded that the DOJ and FBI immediately provide copies of all 302 reports connected to investigations into Epstein and his associates, including reports involving employees of JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank and Bank of America.

The senator has not publicly identified the banker involved in the interview, the bank connected to the individual or the date the interview took place. His letter says his investigators learned that the report exists, but does not publicly provide the underlying document itself.

Wyden argued that the existence of the unreleased interview raises the possibility that additional FBI interview reports connected to Epstein may also remain undisclosed.

The latest dispute is connected to Wyden’s broader four-year investigation into the financial relationships between Epstein and major Wall Street banks.

In August, Wyden released a Senate Finance Committee report examining transactions involving JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank and Bank of America. The report alleged that the banks failed to properly identify or promptly report large amounts of suspicious financial activity associated with Epstein. Wyden said the investigation identified at least $1.4 billion in suspicious transactions that the banks failed to report to federal authorities in a timely manner.

Reuters reported that Wyden’s investigation accused the three banks of possible violations of federal anti-money-laundering requirements. The banks have denied wrongdoing and maintained that they complied with their legal obligations.

Wyden’s committee report examined suspicious activity reports, bank records, court filings and other material gathered during the investigation. His findings focused on whether financial institutions recognized warning signs connected to Epstein and whether they acted appropriately when potentially suspicious transactions came to their attention.

The senator has argued that the financial system allowed Epstein continued access to large amounts of money even after concerns about his conduct had emerged.

The newly identified FBI interview could be significant to Wyden’s investigation because, according to his letter, the interview was conducted as part of a criminal investigation into Epstein and his associates. Wyden is seeking the document along with other FBI 302 reports to determine what federal investigators knew about the financial relationships surrounding Epstein.

MeidasTouch, which first reported Wyden’s latest allegations, reported that the senator’s investigators learned about the existence of the banker interview and that Wyden was demanding the release of all related FBI interview reports.

The Daily Beast also reported on Wyden’s allegations, noting that the senator accused the DOJ and FBI of withholding a document that he believes should have been released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

Wyden has gone further than simply requesting the records. In his latest social media post, he accused President Donald Trump of hiding evidence to protect Wall Street banks and said Democrats would use congressional subpoena power if they regain control of Congress.

Those statements are Wyden’s allegations and political characterization of the dispute. The senator’s letter establishes that his investigators say they learned of an FBI 302 involving an Epstein-linked banker that was not among the publicly released records, but it does not publicly establish who made the decision not to release the document or that Trump personally directed the withholding of the report.

Wyden’s broader investigation has already placed JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank and Bank of America under renewed scrutiny over their handling of Epstein-related transactions. Reuters reported in August that Wyden had asked federal regulators to investigate the banks over their handling of Epstein’s accounts.

The banks have pushed back against allegations in Wyden’s investigation. JPMorgan, in particular, has disputed findings from the senator’s report, while the broader banking investigation remains a subject of congressional and public scrutiny.

The controversy also comes as the Justice Department faces continued pressure over its handling and release of Epstein-related records. Wyden is now demanding that the department provide the FBI interview reports involving Epstein and his associates, arguing that the public release of records should not exclude documents that could shed light on Epstein’s financial network.

For Wyden, the missing banker interview has become another piece of a broader effort to trace the money that supported Epstein’s activities and determine what banks, financial executives and federal investigators knew about his financial dealings.

The senator is now pressing Blanche and Patel to turn over the requested FBI 302 reports, while warning that congressional subpoenas could follow if Democrats regain control of Congress.