Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden is calling on the Drug Enforcement Administration to provide information about a long-running investigation involving Jeffrey Epstein.
The probe was opened in 2010 in New York and remained active for at least five years. Epstein, along with 14 other alleged co-conspirators, were being investigated for "illegitimate wire transfers which are tied to illicit drug and/or prostitution activities occurring in the U.S. Virgin Islands and New York City."
Speaking to CBS News, which first reported on the existence of the investigation, Wyden said that "inaddition to sex trafficking, it appears that Epstein and his associates were under investigation by the DEA for other major crimes, including illicit drug trafficking and money laundering."
"The fact that Epstein was under investigation by the DOJ's OCDETF task force suggests that there was ample evidence indicating that Epstein was engaged in heavy drug trafficking and prostitution as part of cross-border criminal conspiracy," he added.
The outlet noted that the names of the other people targeted in the investigation have been blacked out in the documents released by the Department of Justice as part of the Epstein Files. Several details about the probe have also been redacted.
Elsewhere in the report, Wyden questioned why no charges were brought against Epstein or other co-conspirators and whether "DEA and DOJ during the first Trump Administration moved to terminate this investigation in order to protect pedophiles."
The lawmaker sent a letter to the DEA asking to agency to provide a full, unredacted copy of the Memo by March 13. He also asks for information about why no federal charges were filed against Epstein or the other co-conspirators.
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