House Republicans rejected an effort to subpoena four banks that reportedly flagged about $1.5 billion in suspicious financial transactions linked to disgraced financier and alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, made a motion during the group's first oversight hearing pressing FBI Director Kash Patel since he took over the bureau in February.
“These four banks have flagged to the government $1.5 billion in suspicious transactions related to the sex trafficking crimes and conspiracy of Epstein, [his associate Ghislaine] Maxwell and all of their collaborators,” Raskin said Sept. 17.
The Maryland lawmaker said he wanted the banks, and their CEOs, to turn over everything they had in connection with helping move money to or from Epstein, who died by suicide in 2019 as he was awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges.
Specifically, Raskin pushed to subpoena JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank and Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) and their CEOs.
Republican lawmakers have largely joined Democrats in saying they want answers to the growing questions around Epstein, including whether others participated in his alleged sex trafficking ring using young women and underage girls. [Ed.: talk is cheap!]
But when it came time to vote on Raskin’s motion, committee Chair Jim Jordan of Ohio quickly approved a Republican move to table it, or shoot it down before lawmakers could discuss it. Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, a lead sponsor of a resolution seeking to force the release of all the government's files on Epstein, was the only Republican siding with Democrats in opposing that move and supporting the subpoena effort. (our emphasis)
Of course, we know Jim Jordan knows something or three about sexual abuse coverups.
As also noted in yesterday's Skeets, Raskin tore incompetent FBI troll/ director Kash "No Credit" Patel a new one over his ongoing coverup of the Epstein files:
At the five-hour hearing on Sept. 17, Raskin and other Democrats excoriated Patel for publicly calling for the release of all Epstein documents before he was FBI director and then refusing to release them now that he's in charge. The director has said he's blocked by court orders.
“Put on your big boy pants and let us know who the pedophiles are," Raskin said during the marathon five-hour hearing.
We're all waiting.
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