House lawmakers grill former JPMorgan executive Jes Staley over Epstein ties
Staley is on record defending Epstein and encouraging JPMorgan to keep him as a client," Comer, R-Ky., told CNBC outside Staley's closed-door interview with the committee. "So we have a lot of questions about that."Staley served as Epstein's private banker during his more than three decades at JPMorgan and maintained a close personal relationship with him for years. He subsequently lost an appeal of a decision banning him from the U.K. financial industry for misleading regulators about those ties.JPMorgan agreed in 2023 to pay $290 million to settle a lawsuit brought by Epstein's victims and $75 million to resolve a separate case brought by the U.S.
- ▪Staley is on record defending Epstein and encouraging JPMorgan to keep him as a client," Comer, R-Ky., told CNBC outside Staley's closed-door interview with the committee.
- ▪"So we have a lot of questions about that."Staley served as Epstein's private banker during his more than three decades at JPMorgan and maintained a close personal relationship with him for years.
- ▪He subsequently lost an appeal of a decision banning him from the U.K. financial industry for misleading regulators about those ties.JPMorgan agreed in 2023 to pay $290 million to settle a lawsuit brought by Epstein's victims and $75 millio
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House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer said Thursday that former JPMorgan Chase investment banking chief Jes Staley encouraged the bank to retain Jeffrey Epstein as a client despite internal red flags about the convicted sex offender."It appears that within JPMorgan there were flags — red flags — about Epstein, but Mr. Staley is on record defending Epstein and encouraging JPMorgan to keep him as a client," Comer, R-Ky., told CNBC outside Staley's closed-door interview with the committee. "So we have a lot of questions about that."Staley served as Epstein's private banker during his more than three decades at JPMorgan and maintained a close personal relationship with him for years. U.K.
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