Congresswoman Beatty Moves to Subpoena the Release of the Epstein Files

WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, Congresswoman Joyce Beatty, Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions, moved to subpoena the Secretary of the Treasury Department to release all unredacted documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s financial transactions, including wire transfers, currency transaction reports, suspicious activity reports, and other Bank Secrecy Act data. She issued the motion during a subcommittee oversight hearing with Andrea Gacki, Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). The motion failed when every Republican Member present in the hearing room voted to block the subpoena. 

For months, the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans have shamelessly circumvented the release of critical files that include detailed information of Epstein’s sex trafficking ring and his network of co-conspirators, preventing the transparency the American people deserve, and withholding justice from Epstein’s victims, many of whom were underage girls. 

Congresswoman Beatty, alongside Congresswoman Tlaib and other Democratic Members of the National Security Subcommittee, took action to hold the Trump Administration accountable amidst its ongoing coverup of the Epstein files. Today’s action comes on the heels of Secretary Scott Bessent’s continued refusal to hand over Treasury’s Epstein documents to Senator Ron Wyden, Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee.

“Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his criminal network victimized thousands of women and underage girls, and the American people demand transparency into one of the worst pedophile rings in the history of this country,” said Congresswoman Joyce Beatty. “Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee demanded that the Treasury Department release all Epstein documents and financial transactions, complete and unredacted, to shine a light on the high-profile individuals who have yet to be held accountable. It’s high time that Epstein’s victims get the justice they deserve. What are Republicans in Congress trying to hide?”

“The Financial Services Committee should also have oversight in regards to any banking institution. As somebody who serves on Oversight, and sat at a roundtable with girls that were as young as thirteen years old, who asked us to ‘follow the money’, and I think it’s our responsibility as members of Congress to do that”, said Congresswoman Tlaib in the Committee hearing.

Watch the full video of Beatty’s motion to subpoena HERE. 

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