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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rhian Lubin and Ken Sweet

JPMorgan concedes it closed Trump’s accounts after Jan. 6 attack

Banking giant JPMorgan Chase acknowledged for the first time that it closed the accounts of President Donald Trump and several of his businesses in the political and legal aftermath of the January 6, 2021 attacks on the U.S. Capitol.

The disclosure marks the latest development in a legal saga over Trump’s alleged “debanking” after the president sued America’s largest bank for $5 billion alleging his accounts were closed for political reasons.

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