Sen. Ron Wyden, the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, has been working diligently to investigate the finances of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation. In August, he published a report with evidence that JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, and Bank of America executives enabled Epstein’s sex trafficking by “looking the other way.” He also found evidence that the banks “violated federal anti-money laundering laws by failing to screen and report at least $1.4 billion worth of Epstein’s suspicious financial transactions in a timely manner.”

Now, Wyden says his staff investigators recently learned that a key financial document has been withheld by Kash Patel’s FBI and Todd Blanche’s Department of Justice, in violation of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

The missing document is an “FBI 302” report on an interview the bureau conducted with a banker tied to Epstein. Wyden has now demanded that report in a September 30 letter to Patel and Blanche.

Worse, this strongly suggests that the DOJ and FBI are covering up even more documents they are obligated to release under the EFTA.

The FBI is hiding the document “for one reason: to protect the Wall Street banks,” Wyden told Aaron Parnas. Wyden believes it “would help make the case that the biggest Wall Street banks need to be punished for looking the other way … and my view is that Todd Blanche and Kash Patel are covering this up.”

Wyden agreed with Parnas that the financial documents could reveal much more about Epstein’s operations than is currently known. “Following the money is the history of this country’s efforts to successfully root out corruption,” Wyden said. He pointed to the successful prosecution of Al Capone as an example.

“There is no question in my mind that if those three Wall Street banks had done what was required by the law at that time, I think we would have ended [Epstein's sex trafficking], perhaps even as early as 10 years earlier,” Wyden added.