Sen. Wyden: “Is the government going to look out for victims, people who have no power, or is it going to keep on protecting the rich and powerful?”
Today, United States Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) joined Defend America Action for a press call on the Trump administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Sen. Wyden, the Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, has been investigating Epstein’s financial network for years. In 2024, Finance Committee investigators reviewed a file at the Treasury Department that details more than $1.5 billion in transactions, much of which is believed to have fueled Epstein’s sex-trafficking operations. That file is still in possession of the Trump administration.
The Senator called on Donald Trump to follow the money and release the Epstein files, including the financial records at the Treasury Department, so that all members of Congress can review them and issue additional subpoenas as necessary to ensure that the American public, especially Epstein’s victims, finally get transparency, accountability, and justice.
“This is not about politics. It is not about red and blue. It is about an evil individual who committed horrific crimes and victimized an enormous number of women and girls. At a time when so many Americans think that the political system is rigged, this is about whether there’s going to be accountability for the people who were involved and who enabled it, and the fact that so much money was being spent indicates that this was a global sex trafficking ring,” said U.S. Senator Ron Wyden. “The question is, is the government going to look out for victims, people who have no power, or is it going to keep on protecting the rich and powerful who are part of Epstein’s network, even when those people have committed horrendous crimes? It’s clear the Trump administration is hoping that this is just going to go away without accountability.”
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