Jeffrey Epstein (60 Minutes segment)

A segment on Jeffrey Epstein's bank transactions was originally part of a planned episode of 60 Minutes, a television news magazine from CBS News.[1] Presented by correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, the segment discusses the relationship between Epstein and Deutsche Bank AG, JPMorgan Chase, and Bank of America.[2]

The segment included an interview with Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member given in March 2026. An August 2026 report published by the Senate Finance Committee wrote that the interview had been "suppressed".[3]

Alfonsi left 60 Minutes in May 2026, issuing a written statement outlining an "intense editorial dispute" over a separate 60 Minutes segment on El Salvador’s CECOT prison.[4]

CBS News subsequently denied the allegations, with a spokesperson describing the claim as "categorically false."[5]

Report

On August 4, 2026, Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee released a 67-page report titled "‘Looking the Other Way: How Wall Street Banks enabled Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking".[6][7]

The report alleges over a dozen bankers were aware of suspicious transactions made by Epstein dating back to 2002, and that bankers did not disclose this activity to the Treasury Department until after Epstein's arrest for sex trafficking.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "60 Minutes Ended Story About Epstein's Shady Bank Transactions". The New Republic. ISSN 0028-6583. Retrieved 2026-08-05.
  2. ↑ "Senate report: Three big banks ignored red flags on Epstein". American Banker. 2026-08-04. Retrieved 2026-08-05.
  3. ↑ https://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/wyden_wall_street_epstein_report.pdf
  4. ↑ "CBS News not airing '60 Minutes' Epstein story under scrutiny". Newsweek. 2026-08-05. Retrieved 2026-08-05.
  5. ↑ Ray, Alyssa (2026-08-05). "CBS News Slams 'Categorically False' Claim It Suppressed '60 Minutes' Epstein Report From Sharyn Alfonsi". TheWrap. Retrieved 2026-08-05.
  6. ↑ "Wyden Releases New Report on Failure of Wall Street Banks to Blow the Whistle on Jeffrey Epstein's Sex Trafficking and Money Laundering Schemes | The United States Senate Committee on Finance". www.finance.senate.gov. 2026-08-05. Retrieved 2026-08-05.
  7. ↑ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-04/deutsche-bank-jpmorgan-bofa-enabled-epstein-wyden-report-says
  8. ↑ Horsley, Scott (2026-08-04). "Senate Democrats say banks turned blind eye to suspicious moves by Jeffrey Epstein". NPR. Retrieved 2026-08-06.
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