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Anna Betts and Kalyeena Makortoff

Former Barclays CEO Jes Staley faces US congressional panel over Epstein ties

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Jes Staley walks near the court in London on 7 March 2025, on the day the Bank of England governor, Andrew Bailey, gave evidence on Jeffrey Epstein. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

Former Barclays boss Jes Staley appeared before by US lawmakers on Thursday in a closed-door interview about his past ties to the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Staley, who spent more than three decades at JPMorgan Chase before joining Barclays in 2015, is the latest in a series of high-profile figures to appear in front of the House committee on oversight and reform as part of its investigation into Epstein, who died in prison in August 2019 while awaiting trial over child sex-trafficking charges.

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