{"id":1291,"date":"2026-07-23T15:10:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interstatemovingexpertss.com\/?p=1291"},"modified":"2026-07-23T15:10:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:10:47","slug":"house-lawmakers-grill-former-jpmorgan-executive-jes-staley-over-epstein-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interstatemovingexpertss.com\/?p=1291","title":{"rendered":"House lawmakers grill former JPMorgan executive Jes Staley over Epstein ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>In this article<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span>JPM<\/span><span><button><\/button><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><button><span><span>Follow your favorite stocks<\/span><span>CREATE FREE ACCOUNT<\/span><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer said Thursday that former <span>JPMorgan Chase<span><span><button><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span> investment banking chief Jes Staley encouraged the bank to retain Jeffrey Epstein as a client despite internal red flags about the convicted sex offender.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/interstatemovingexpertss.com\/?p=1289\">American Airlines slashes 2026 earnings outlook as fuel costs spike<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It appears that within JPMorgan there were flags \u2014 red flags \u2014 about Epstein, but Mr. Staley is on record defending Epstein and encouraging JPMorgan to keep him as a client,&#8221; Comer, R-Ky., told CNBC outside Staley&#8217;s closed-door interview with the committee. &#8220;So we have a lot of questions about that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Staley served as Epstein&#8217;s private banker during his more than three decades at JPMorgan and maintained a close personal relationship with him for years. <\/p>\n<p>U.K. regulators cited more than 1,000 emails between the two men, including messages in which Staley described their friendship as &#8220;profound&#8221; and referred to Epstein as &#8220;family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/interstatemovingexpertss.com\/?p=1287\">IRS chief Frank Bisignano may have misled Congress, Democrats say<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Staley later became CEO of Barclays but resigned in 2021 amid a dispute with British regulators over how he characterized his relationship with Epstein. 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