US lawmakers introduce Epstein Wall Street Records Act targeting banks
The gist
US lawmakers introduced the Epstein Wall Street Records Act to force regulators to disclose Epstein's unreleased bank transactions.
The bill targets whether banks enabled his sex trafficking, a push survivors back.
How it unfolded
- 1987 -2007Les Wexner gave Epstein $200 million or more, which Epstein used to build his sex trafficking network, according to a lawsuit.
- 2019Epstein died by suicide in a New York jail after being arrested on federal sex trafficking charges.
- 2025 -12After an act of Congress, the U.S. Department of Justice started releasing the Epstein files.