Senator Warren presses Fed chair nominee Warsh to clarify Epstein interactions


U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren answers a question during a "Meet and Greet" with voters in Newburyport, Massachusetts, U.S., August 24, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

March 19 (Reuters) - The top Democrat on the ⁠Senate Banking Committee is demanding that Kevin Warsh, tapped by President Donald Trump to become the next Federal ⁠Reserve chair, explain what if any relationship he had with the late convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein.

In ‌a letter sent to Warsh on Wednesday evening, Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts sought clarifications after Warsh’s name appeared in documents related to Epstein released by the government earlier this year. Epstein died in prison in 2019.

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