Senator Maggie Hassan asked Capital One CEO Richard Fairbank for records explaining an internal anti-money laundering review that the bank said led last month to the closure of accounts linked to President Donald Trump and his businesses. Hassan, a New Hampshire Democrat and the top Democrat on the Joint Economic Committee, requested details on transactions, alerts, review criteria, findings and communications with law enforcement or regulators. Capital One has denied that the 2021 closure of hundreds of affiliated accounts was politically motivated, saying in a July court filing that its AML team acted under bank policies and regulatory guidance. The Trump Organization and Eric Trump sued the bank in March 2025, while plaintiffs later called the review pretextual. The request comes amid wider scrutiny of debanking (restricting access to financial services), including an August 2025 executive order signed by Trump and a broader inquiry by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (U.S. banking regulator).