Judiciary panel rejects Democrats’ bid to subpoena banks in Epstein case

The House Judiciary Committee rejected a request from Democrats to vote on whether to subpoena the CEOs of four major banks — a bid intended to investigate the institutions’ connections to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The effort failed in a nearly party-line vote to table, or kill, the Democratic request to issue the subpoena to Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase, Brian Moynihan of Bank of America, Christian Sewing of Deutsche Bank, and Robin Vince of BNY. The request centered around $1.5 billion worth of suspicious transactions that the banks had reported to authorities.

Only Rep. Thomas Massie — who is leading the charge to force a floor vote to compel the Justice Department to release further materials in the Epstein case — joined Democrats in objecting to the motion to squash the subpoena attempt.

Democrats also tried unsuccessfully to subpoena Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and deputy FBI director Dan Bongino.

The votes came at the end of a five-hour FBI oversight hearing featuring testimony from the nation’s chief law enforcement officer, Kash Patel. He was repeatedly asked about the Trump administration’s handling of the case