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Kevin Warsh, \u200bPresident Donald Trump\u2019s nominee to become the next Federal Reserve chair, has been asked by the ranking Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee to explain what, if any, relationship he had \u200cwith the late convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a vocal critic of the former Fed governor, sent Warsh a March 18 letter demanding clarification on his potential relationship with the late pedophile. Warren cited two emails that suggested Warsh may have been invited to events Epstein appears to have been organizing.<\/p>\n
Warsh has not been accused of any crimes or wrongdoing connected to Epstein.<\/p>\n
He was named in a tranche of documents released by the Department of Justice on Jan. 30, 2026, related to the investigation and prosecution of Epstein and his close confidante Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking.<\/p>\n
Warren\u2019s letter referred to communications by Epstein employees regarding a 2010 holiday party on the island of St. Barth\u00e9lemy, often referred to as St. Barth\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Warren asked Warsh to confirm whether he\u2019d traveled to the island of St. Barth\u00e9lemy in late 2010 or early 2011, and whether he\u2019d attended any social functions where Epstein was present.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Warren \u200balso asked Warsh to confirm \u200bwhether he\u2019d been in \u2060the presence of Maxwell.<\/p>\n
Sen. Warren’s letter also seeks President Trump’s links to Epstein<\/p>\n
The letter asked if Trump, who was once associated with Epstein and who appeared extensively in the government document \u200brelease, attended any of the gatherings.<\/p>\n
Warren also asked Warsh to provide any \u200bcommunications with others \u2060associated directly with Epstein, and to detail any other interactions with Epstein or Maxwell not noted in the files thus far made available by the government.<\/p>\n
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The letter requested a response by March 31. Warren emphasized that the American public had a right to understand Warsh\u2019s possible interactions, noting that they allegedly occurred after Epstein had already been convicted of sex crimes involving a minor.<\/p>\n
Warsh, currently a fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, did not immediately respond to a request by TheStreet for comment.<\/p>\n
Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren called on President Trump\u2019s nominee to lead the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, to explain references to him in Justice Department files on the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n
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Warren has frequently attacked Warsh\u2019s nomination<\/p>\n
Warren has repeatedly questioned Warsh’s ability to remain independent from the White House, arguing that he has shifted his economic views to align with the president’s attempts to increase executive control over the central bank.<\/p>\n
She has called Warsh \u201cDonald Trump\u2019s sock pocket at the Fed,\u201d claiming his recent dovish statements on interest rates and inflation reflect Trump’s sharp rhetoric for drastically lower interest rates.<\/p>\n
During the search for Powell\u2019s replacement, the president repeatedly made it clear that he would not nominate someone who did not agree with his outlook.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, Trump also told reporters that he did not ask Warsh, a 55-year-old lawyer, to lower rates once he assumed the chair.<\/p>\n
Warsh\u2019s nomination path stalled at Senate<\/p>\n
The timeline of Warsh\u2019s nomination to replace Powell remains unclear. Hearings before the Senate Banking Committee, expected to take place in March, have not been scheduled.<\/p>\n
A federal judge March 13 quashed two subpoenas from the Department of Justice in a criminal investigation into Powell\u2019s testimony to Congress over cost overruns of the Fed\u2019s $2.5 billion renovation of its headquarters.<\/p>\n
Related: Warsh nomination stirs Fed independence fears on Wall Street<\/p>\n
Both the judge and Powell called the probe a pretext by the Trump administration to lower interest rates dramatically over the past 14 months. The DOJ plans to appeal.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, retiring Senator Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) has said he will block\u00a0Warsh\u2019s nomination at the Senate Banking Committee until the entire DOJ investigation is dropped.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As I reported previously, Powell, whose term as chair ends May 15, said March 18 that if there is no Senate-confirmed replacement by that time, he will stay on as chair pro temp.<\/p>\n
Powell added that he had \u201cno intention of leaving\u201d the Fed board until the DOJ investigation is \u201ctruly over.\u201d<\/p>\n
His term as a Fed governor ends May 2028, and he shared that he has \u201cnot made up my mind whether I will stay\u201d if the criminal investigation ends prior to that timeline.<\/p>\n
Related: Kevin Warsh\u2019s net worth: The Trump Fed nominee\u2019s wealth & income<\/p>\n
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