Former CEO of Barclays, Jess Staley, arrives at the High Court in London, United Kingdom, on March 14, 2025. Staley is challenging his ban from the UK finance sector over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
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Jess Staley, ex JPMorgan Chase Executive and ex-barclays The CEO has agreed to be interviewed on July 23 about his relationship with notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. House Oversight and Government Reform CommitteeA spokesperson for the panel confirmed this on Sunday.
The Financial Times It was first reported that Staley accepted an invitation for a voluntary written interview extended to her by Oversight Chairman Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., three weeks ago.
The oversight panel is conducting a series of interviews with high-profile people about Epstein, including former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.
The committee interviewed former Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday about the Justice Department’s handling of the release of its files on Epstein.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is scheduled to be interviewed by the Oversight Committee on June 10 about his dealings with Epstein.
Billionaire Leon Black is reportedly scheduled to be interviewed by the panel on June 26, and Goldman Sachs General Counsel Katherine Rumler is scheduled to be interviewed on July 15.
Staley was a friend of Epstein, who was a major client of JPMorgan’s private wealth and asset management divisions when Staley ran them.
Epstein, a former friend of President Donald Trump, died by suicide in a New York jail cell in August 2019, weeks after being arrested on federal child sex trafficking charges.
In 2023, JPMorgan agreed to pay $290 million to Epstein’s victims to settle a lawsuit alleging that the bank had facilitated sex trafficking by Epstein, who was a client of JPMorgan.
The same year, the bank agreed to pay $75 million to settle a similar lawsuit by the government of the US Virgin Islands, and separately agreed to a confidential settlement with Staley to resolve the bank’s claims that it was liable for any civil damages and costs related to Epstein.
In both public settlements, JPMorgan did not admit wrongdoing in its dealings with Epstein.
Staley served as CEO of Barclays from October 2015 until his resignation in late 2021.
His departure followed an investigation by the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority into how he described his relationship with Epstein to Barclays and subsequent Barclays response to the FCA describing that relationship.
That regulator fined Staley more than $2 million and permanently banned him from holding a management role in the sector through 2023.
Barclays noted at the time that the investigation “made no finding that Mr. Staley witnessed, or knew about, any of Mr. Epstein’s alleged crimes, which was the central question underpinning Barclays’ support for Mr. Staley following Mr. Epstein’s arrest in the summer of 2019.”
Staley said in 2020, “Apparently, I thought I knew him well, and I didn’t. Certainly, based on what we know now, I deeply regret any relationship with Jeffrey.”
– CNBC garrett downs Contributed to this article.