Letter to Treasury Seeking Epstein-Maxwell SARs

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM LETTER TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY SEEKING SAR RECORDS DATED AUGUST 31, 2025 This record is a House Oversight letter from Chairman James Comer to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent requesting Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) connected to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. The letter states that the Committee is reviewing financial-reporting and enforcement issues relevant to trafficking investigations and public accountability. The request is directed to Treasury because SARs are filed under Bank Secrecy Act reporting frameworks and are housed within federal financial-intelligence channels. The letter asks Treasury to provide records and related information to assist congressional review of whether existing reporting, interagency coordination, and follow-up mechanisms were adequate in high-risk cases. The letter frames the demand as part of broader oversight that includes document requests and subpoenas to DOJ and other entities. It ties the SAR request to a legislative objective: assessing whether Congress should revise statutory safeguards, clarify information-sharing rules, or strengthen oversight triggers when suspicious financial activity intersects with exploitation or trafficking indicators. As with similar committee correspondence, the document provides a response timeline and directs agency coordination through committee staff. It also indicates that incomplete responses may be treated as part of an ongoing compliance assessment within the investigation. For the archive, this is an important congressional financial-oversight document because it focuses on anti-money-laundering records rather than only criminal case files. It captures the Committee's attempt to link Epstein-Maxwell investigative history with financial intelligence reporting and potential legislative reform. Source: U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Available at: https://oversight.house.gov/letter/letter-to-treasury-seeking-epstein-maxwell-sars/