Former Barclays CEO Jes Staley arrives at the High Court in London, UK on March 14, 2025. Staley is challenging his ban from the UK financial sector due to his links to Jeffrey Epstein.
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Jes Staleythe former JPMorgan Chase executive and ex-Barclays The CEO agreed to be interviewed about his relationship with a notorious sex offender. Jeffrey Epstein on July 23 by House Oversight and Government Reform Committeea spokesperson for the panel confirmed on Sunday.
The Financial Times first reported that Staley accepted an invitation to a voluntarily transcribed interview extended to him three weeks ago by Oversight Chairman Rep. James Comer, R-Ky.
The oversight committee conducted a series of interviews with high-profile figures about Epstein, including the former president. Bill Clintonformer Secretary of State Hillary Clintonand Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick.
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi was questioned by the committee Friday about how the Justice Department handled the release of its files on Epstein.
Co-founder of Microsoft Bill Gates is expected to be interviewed by the Oversight Committee on June 10 about his dealings with Epstein.
Billionaire Leon Black is scheduled to be interviewed by the panel on June 26, and Goldman Sachs general counsel Kathryn Ruemmler is scheduled to be interviewed on July 15.
Staley was a friend of Epstein, who was a major client of JPMorgan’s wealth and private asset management divisions when Staley headed them.
Epstein, a former friend of the president Donald Trumpdied of suicide in New York City jail in August 2019, weeks after being arrested on federal child sex trafficking charges.
JPMorgan agreed in 2023 to pay $290 million to Epstein’s victims. settle a lawsuit that the bank had facilitated sex trafficking by Epstein, who was a client of JPMorgan.
That same year, the bank agreed to pay $75 million to settle a similar lawsuit brought by the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands and separately agreed to a confidential settlement with Staley to resolve the bank’s allegations that he was liable for any civil damages and costs associated with the Epstein-related litigation.
In both public settlements, JPMorgan did not admit wrongdoing in its dealings with Epstein.
Read more about CNBC’s politics coverageStaley served as CEO of Barclays from October 2015 until his resignation at the end of 2021.
His departure comes after an investigation led by the United Kingdom. Financial Conduct Authority on how he had characterized his relationship with Epstein with Barclays and the subsequent description of that relationship in Barclays’ response to the FCA.
That regulator fined Staley more than $2 million and permanently banned him from holding a leadership role in the industry in 2023.
Barclays noted at the time that the investigation “does not support the conclusion that Mr. Staley saw or knew about Mr. Epstein’s alleged crimes, which was the central issue underlying Barclays’ support for Mr. Staley following Mr. Epstein’s arrest in the summer of 2019.”
Staley, in 2020, said: “Obviously I thought I knew him well, but I didn’t. Of course, looking back, with what we know now, I deeply regret having any relationship with Jeffrey.”
—CNBC Garrett Downs contributed to this article.
