According to a Wall Street Journal report, a contingent of Democratic senators is pressing the Justice Department for explanations about why federal investigators never bothered interviewing Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime lawyer or in-house accountant while building their sex trafficking case against the disgraced financier.
Attorney Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn served as officers in Epstein entities that concealed financial transactions, secured cash for Epstein, processed payments to women, and enabled sham marriages between women, The Wall Street Journal recently reported.
The pair maintained close working relationships with Epstein spanning years, yet neither faced questioning from federal authorities in New York while prosecutors pursued sex trafficking charges against Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, according to Journal reporting.
Both Indyke and Kahn told the Journal they had no awareness their employer was running a sex trafficking operation and rejected any suggestion they knowingly enabled criminal activity. They stated they never witnessed Epstein sexually assault anyone and claimed none of the women they interacted with ever disclosed being sexually abused.
“In light of the work Indyke and Kahn performed for Epstein and the outsize role they played in his personal and financial affairs; it is inexcusable that the DOJ and the FBI never questioned these individuals,” the Senate letter states. “It is incumbent on Congress to understand why such a failure occurred.”
The correspondence, directed to Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel, establishes a January 5 response deadline. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee who has been probing Epstein’s financial connections to wealthy individuals and banking institutions, spearheaded the effort. Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) added their signatures.
Justice Department spokespeople did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
“Neither Mr. Indyke nor Mr. Kahn socialized with Mr. Epstein, and both men reject as categorically false any suggestion that they knowingly facilitated or assisted Mr. Epstein in his sexual abuse or trafficking of women, or that they were aware of his actions while they provided professional services to him,” said Daniel Weiner, one of the attorneys for Epstein’s executors.
Both Kahn and Indyke maintained their close working arrangement with Epstein when authorities arrested him in 2019 on federal sex trafficking charges. Epstein designated the men as co-executors of his estate, granting them authority to control access to evidence and his assets currently valued above $100 million. The men have been supplying documents to the House Oversight Committee in response to a subpoena, including Epstein’s birthday book and a cache of emails.
Taken together, the Epstein case reveals a justice system that moves swiftly against ordinary Americans while bending over backward to protect powerful insiders. When elites close ranks to shield financiers, fixers, and facilitators, justice becomes a performance rather than a principle.
