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| 10080 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 0 | Page 1 | COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WASHINGTON, D.C. INTERVIEW OF: JAMES EDWARD "JES" STALEY Thursday, July 24, 2026 Washington, D.C. The interview in the above matter was held in room 2154, Rayburn House Office Building, commencing at 10:06 a.m. Present: Representatives Comer, Luna, Garcia, Ansari, Walkinshaw, Subramanyam, Krishnamoorthi, Stansbury, and Randall. | ||
| 10081 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 1 | Page 2 | Appearances: For the COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM: DANIEL ASHWORTH, GENERAL COUNSEL ALEX BOYD, STAFF ASSISTANT BRITTANY BRIGNAC, SENIOR COUNSEL EMMANUEL CARACHEO, UNDERGRADUATE FELLOW HANNAH CATHEY, PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEMBER MALLORY COGAR, CHIEF CLERK AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS JESSICA COLLINS, COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR JACK EMMER, CHIEF COUNSEL FOR INVESTIGATIONS EMILY FEYERABEND, COUNSEL , INTERN BILLY GRANT, DEPUTY CHIEF COUNSEL FOR INVESTIGATIONS WILL HARNICE, PROFESSION… | ||
| 10082 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 2 | Page 3 | , INTERN PETER SPECTRE, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR OVERSIGHT ELLISON TOLAN, COUNSEL ASHLEE VINYARD, DEPUTY STAFF DIRECTOR , INTERN LAUREN WILLIAMS, LEGISLATIVE AIDE , INTERN COLEMAN WRIGHT, STAFF ASSISTANT , MINORITY DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY , MINORITY STAFF DIRECTOR , MINORITY DEPUTY COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR , MINORITY FELLOW , MINORITY COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR , MINORITY RESEARCH ASSISTANT , MINORITY RESEARCH ANALYST , MINORITY INTERN , MINORITY PRESS SECRETARY , MINORITY SENIOR COUNSEL , MINORITY INTERN… | ||
| 10083 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 3 | Page 4 | , MINORITY INTERN , MINORITY FELLOW , MINORITY SENIOR ADVISOR , MINORITY CHIEF COUNSEL For JAMES EDWARD STALEY: BRENDAN V. SULLIVAN, JR., WILLIAMS & CONNOLY LLP KATHLEEN HARRIS, ARNOLD & PALMER | ||
| 10084 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 4 | Page 5 | Ms. Brignac. We will go on the record. This is a transcribed interview of Mr. James Edward Staley conducted by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform under the authority granted to it pursuant to House Rule X. Accordingly, House Rule X grants the Committee broad jurisdiction for the Committee to conduct investigations of any matter at any time. This interview was requested by Chairman James Comer as part of the Committee's investigation into the circumstances and subsequent inves… | ||
| 10085 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 5 | Page 6 | For the record, starting with the majority staff, can the additional staff members please introduce themselves with their name, title, and affiliation? Mr. Grant. Billy Grant, deputy chief counsel for investigations for Chairman Comer. Mr. Emmer. Jack Emmer, chief counsel for investigations for Chairman Comer. Mr. Ashworth. Daniel Ashworth, general counsel for Chairman James Comer. Ms. Tolan. Ellison Tolan, senior counsel for Chairman Comer. Ms. Cathey. Hannah Cathey, professional staff member f… | ||
| 10086 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 6 | Page 7 | interview. The questioning will proceed in rounds. The majority will ask questions for up to an hour, and then the minority will have an opportunity to ask questions for up to an hour if they choose. To the extent members have questions for the witness, they will be propounded during their side's respective round. The clock will stop if you need to confer with counsel, your counsel is speaking, and when members or staff are present during the opposing side's round of questions. We will alternate… | ||
| 10087 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 7 | Page 8 | manner possible, so we will take our time. If you have any questions or do not fully understand the questions, please let us know. We will attempt to clarify, add context, or rephrase our questions. If we ask about specific conversations or events in the past and you are unable to recall the exact words or details, you should testify to the substance of those conversations or events to the best of your recollection. If you recall only a part of a conversation or event, you should give us your be… | ||
| 10088 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 8 | Page 9 | Do you understand? Mr. Staley. Yes, I do. Ms. Brignac. Is there any reason you are unable to provide truthful testimony in today's interview? Mr. Staley. No. Ms. Brignac. Please note that if you wish to assert a privilege over any statement today, that assertion must comply with the rules of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Pursuant to that, Committee Rule 16(c)(1) states: "For the Chair to consider assertions of privilege over testimony or statements, witnesses or entities must… | ||
| 10089 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 9 | Page 10 | BY MS. BRIGNAC: Q Mr. Staley, let's begin by discussing your background. Where were you born? A Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Q What year were you born? A In 1956. Q What is your marital status? A I am married, but separated. Q What is your educational background? A I have a bachelor's degree in economics from Bowdoin College. Q We'll go into more detail later, but can you briefly describe your professional career? A I spent 30 years at J.P. Morgan or so; 10 years in Brazil; 10 years buildin… | ||
| 10090 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 10 | Page 11 | A A number of jobs. At one point, I was running the rep office. And then we got a license to open a bank in Brazil and ultimately ended up running the bank of J.P. Morgan in Brazil. Q What was your next position? A Then I moved to New York and was part of a small team asked to build a public equities business at J.P. Morgan. Q Who asked you to do that? A I believe at the time it was Bill Harrison. Q What year was that? A That would have been 1989. Q What was your next position? A Then I was aske… | ||
| 10091 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 11 | Page 12 | seemed like it was time to move on from J.P. Morgan. Q Why is that? A I don't know the actual reason. I think there was a period of time where the general thought at Morgan was that the successor to the CEO probably needed to come from the Investment Bank, given its uniqueness and size. And so I think who occupied that role generally was considered a potential successor to the CEO. And I think the bank made the decision that I would not be the successor to the then-CEO, and therefore it was time… | ||
| 10092 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 12 | Page 13 | abide by regarding your knowledge of J.P. Morgan's dealings? A Aside from the sort of standard confidentiality agreements, that was it. Q Was there any additional confidentiality they asked you to abide by given the very senior roles you held? A No. Q Would those confidentiality agreements have prohibited you from discussing J.P. Morgan's dealings with friends of yours? A I think you respect confidentiality, but it was at my discretion if I wanted to talk to friends of mine about issues at J.P. … | ||
| 10093 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 13 | Page 14 | Q And where were you at this time? A In New York. Q Where specifically in New York? A On Park Avenue right above Grand Central. Q What was the reason for this interaction? A Again, I think I was running the Private Bank, which meant trying to develop high net worth clients for J.P. Morgan. And Sandy Warner mentioned that Jeffrey Epstein seemed to be connected to the high net worth community of J.P. Morgan, and therefore I went to pay a visit to Jeffrey Epstein. Q Why was he considered of a high … | ||
| 10094 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 14 | Page 15 | A No. Again, in the beginning it was simply I was asked to meet him by the then-CEO of J.P. Morgan. Q What were your impressions of him upon meeting him? A Again, I knew very little about him, so I think it was a reasonably brief meeting. He had an office next to St. Patrick's Cathedral, which was an interesting place to have an office. But it was a brief conversation, and that was it. Q What was his demeanor? What was he like? A He seemed relaxed, intelligent, curious. Q Who else was present at… | ||
| 10095 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 15 | Page 16 | what accounts he had with Morgan. It wasn't a close -- I wasn't close to what he was doing with the bank. And, again, I was very active doing a lot of other things at Morgan. So it was -- we would meet occasionally, not that often, and that was the early years of my interaction with him. Q Who was assigned to his accounts? A At that time, I didn't know who was managing his accounts. Q What part of the bank was he assigned to and why? A He was a high net worth client, so he was a client of the Pr… | ||
| 10096 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 16 | Page 17 | was his introduction to me of a man named Glenn Dubin. And Glenn Dubin was the founder of a hedge fund called Highbridge Capital Corporation. Q Why is that significant to you? A So in the 2000s, I started out running a Private Bank. And as I said, the then-CEO asked me to add asset management. And the asset management business at that time, the traditional asset management business, was called a long-only business. Asset managers like Fidelity, Capital, and J.P. Morgan and Vanguard would manage … | ||
| 10097 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 17 | Page 18 | was a supporter of the transaction. And when the transaction was consummated, J.P. Morgan, we paid an advisory fee for the acquisition to Goldman Sachs, and Glenn paid an -- or Highbridge, I should say, not Glenn -- Highbridge paid an advisory fee to Jeffrey Epstein. Q And that -- A An important note, Highbridge was owned half by Glenn Dubin and half by a gentleman by the name of Henry Swieca. Again, who paid the fee to Jeffrey was Highbridge, neither Glenn nor Henry Swieca. Q Did this acquisiti… | ||
| 10098 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 18 | Page 19 | into the industry and into broader finances, and I would seek his thoughts. Q Did you ever discuss personal matters? A Only later on did I discuss career issues with Jeffrey Epstein, yes, but always around my career and business, not personal. Q So you never discussed personal matters with Mr. Epstein? A No, I think it was always centered around business and my career. If you consider a career personal. But it was around business and my career. Q Did you ever discuss your families? A Only very l… | ||
| 10099 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 19 | Page 20 | Epstein as family to you. What did that mean? A I use warm language both in a personal capacity as well as a professional capacity. I referred to many colleagues and people I worked with as friends. So I don't -- I didn't find that particularly unique. Q You reference to everyone you have a business relationship with as family? A I didn't say I reference everyone I had business with as family. Q No, I asked if you referenced. A So the answer to that question would be no. Q So why Mr. Epstein? A … | ||
| 10100 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 20 | Page 21 | was marked for identification.] BY MS. BRIGNAC: Q I'm entering majority exhibit 1 into the record which is Bates stamped with EFTA00905750 and dated March 5th, 2011. This is an email between you, Mr. Staley, and Mr. Epstein. We'll get that passed out and give you a moment to review. Whenever you're ready? A I'm ready. Q Do you recognize this document, Mr. Staley? A I recognize it's an email from me to Mr. Epstein, yes. Q Can you please read it into the record? A From Jes Staley to jeevacation@gm… | ||
| 10101 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 21 | Page 22 | daughter to pursue a doctorate in physics and connected her to some people in the physics community. Mr. Grant. We've had some Members of Congress join us. Could they please announce themselves for the record? Chairman Comer. James Comer, Chairman, House Oversight Committee. Mr. Krishnamoorthi. Raja Krishnamoorthi. Mr. Grant. Thank you all. BY MS. BRIGNAC: Q Mr. Staley, I understand in sworn testimony to the Financial Conduct Authority you admitted by 2010 you knew Mr. Epstein lied to you in 200… | ||
| 10102 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 22 | Page 23 | [Discussion off the record.] Ms. Brignac. We'll go back on the record. I am entering majority exhibit 2 into on the record, which is an internal report generated by J.P. Morgan and Bates stamped EFTA01582859. [Staley Majority Exhibit No. 2. was marked for identification.] BY MS. BRIGNAC: Q I would draw your, attention Mr. Staley, to the bottom right of the page under the "Banker Response" column where it states: "Ghislaine Maxwell is a very close friend of Jeffrey Epstein who is an existing clie… | ||
| 10103 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 23 | Page 24 | be helpful for my memory. Q No, just based on your personal knowledge, do you have any recollection of other meetings with Ms. Maxwell besides the one I've just showed you? A No. Q How often would you have casual or private conversations with Mr. Epstein? A Again, I think we met with a fair degree of frequency and had a fair degree of telephone calls and that sort of thing. So fairly often. Q Can you estimate daily, weekly, monthly? A I would say weekly. Q Weekly. Did Mr. Epstein ever discuss yo… | ||
| 10104 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 24 | Page 25 | Q Did Mr. Epstein ever discuss sexual acts with you? A No. Q Did you ever witness Mr. Epstein sexually abuse or assault young women or girls? A No. Q Did you ever witness Ms. Maxwell sexually abuse or assault young women or girls? A No. Q Did you ever witness Mr. Epstein engage in sexual conduct? A No, I did not. Q Did you ever witness Ms. Maxwell engage in sexual conduct? A No, I did not. Q Did you ever witness Mr. Epstein exploit young women or girls? A No, I did not. Q Ms. Maxwell? A No, I di… | ||
| 10105 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 25 | Page 26 | Mr. Epstein? A Young women and girls, no. Q Why the confusion on that question? Is there someone you think we should be aware of? A As I have testified before, I had an encounter once with someone who was on Epstein's staff but was a mature woman. Q Okay. We'll return to that. Did you ever have any sexual contact with young women or girls in the presence of Epstein? A No. Q Were you ever aware that Mr. Epstein regularly entertained young women at his residences? A No. Q How did Mr. Epstein act t… | ||
| 10106 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 26 | Page 27 | activities? A No. Q And for the record, have you ever been contacted by any law enforcement agency concerning Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell? A No, I have not. Q Have you ever been interviewed by any law enforcement agency concerning Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell? A No, I have not. Q Have you ever provided any information to any law enforcement agency concerning Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell? A No, I have not. Q Did Jeffrey Epstein ever inform or represent to you he was worki… | ||
| 10107 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 27 | Page 28 | A No, I have not. Q Have you or any of your representatives or agents asked anyone to sign a nondisclosure agreement in connection with Ghislaine Maxwell? A No, I have not. Q Have you or any of your representatives or agents asked anyone to sign a nondisclosure agreement affiliated with any of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's victims? A No, I have not. Q I'm going to follow up with more questions, but for now please answer yes or no to the following. Have you ever visited Mr. Epstein's pr… | ||
| 10108 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 28 | Page 29 | Q Have you ever visited Mr. Epstein's Great Saint James Island? A That's the island in the Virgin Islands. Yes. Q Have you ever visited Mr. Epstein's property in New Albany, Ohio? A I didn't know that he had a property in New Albany, Ohio. Q Have you ever visited any of his other properties that are owned or leased by him that I didn't state? A No. Q How many times did you visit his Manhattan townhome? A Dozens of times. Q And his offices at 301 East 66th Street in New York how many times? A Onc… | ||
| 10109 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 29 | Page 30 | A Again, most often it would be his assistant Lesley Groff. That would be really the only other person that was often there that I saw. Q How many times did you interact with her before you had sex? A A handful. Q Can you give me a number estimate? A I would be guessing, but 6 to 12. Q What were the circumstances that led you to have sex with her on that first occasion? A On the only occasion. We met and began to have a dialogue and it turned flirtatious. And we met and had one intimate encounte… | ||
| 10110 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 30 | Page 31 | were marked for identification.] Ms. Brignac. I am now entering into the record three exhibits, which will be marked majority exhibits 3, 4, and 5. We're going to go off the record to pass these out. [Discussion off the record.] Ms. Brignac. We'll go back on the record. BY MS. BRIGNAC: Q Majority exhibit 3 is Bates stamped EFTA00779451. Majority exhibit 4 is Bates stamped EFTA00741531. Majority exhibit 5 is Bates stamped EFTA01300651. All three exhibits are parts of email exchanges that took pla… | ||
| 10111 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 31 | Page 32 | Q You stated you have been to Mr. Epstein's New York townhome. Were you there on or around July 9th through 10th, 2010? A I don't know. Q You don't know because you can't recall? A Yes. Q I will now turn to majority exhibit 4. This email was sent from a who the Committee understands to be , to Mr. Epstein on July 10th, 2010, at 12:36 a.m. And it states that "Snow White was f..ed twice as soon as she put on her costume." Mr. Staley, what do you interpret "f..ed" to mean? A Say it again? Sorry. Th… | ||
| 10112 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 32 | Page 33 | A Yeah, I'm saying I don't know who Snow White is. Q We can agree it's coincidental that at the same time you send this email is sending to Mr. Epstein that she was in a Snow White costume, correct? A Yes. Q Why do you think that is? A Again, I don't know. Q Do you maintain you've never met ? A I don't recall ever meeting her, no. I don't know who she is. Q Now that I've refreshed your recollection, do you recall being at Mr. Epstein's New York townhome on July 9th or 10th, 2010? A Again, we're … | ||
| 10113 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 33 | Page 34 | [11:08 a.m.] BY MS. BRIGNAC: Q Have you seen any woman in a costume around Mr. Epstein? A No. Q Later in the email exchange, Mr. Epstein asks, "What character would you like next?" What do you think Mr. Epstein's asking you here? A Um. You know -- Q I didn't get that. Can you speak up? A Yeah, I'm trying to -- I'm reading the emails. This seems to imply that I saw a Snow White. And Epstein says, you know, "What character would you like next?" And I referred to "Beauty and the Beast," which was a… | ||
| 10114 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 34 | Page 35 | Mr. Sullivan. That's a pretty far-out question. Ms. Brignac. I would like for you to answer it. Mr. Sullivan. Could you read it back for us? BY MS. BRIGNAC: Q Does it appear that the characters Mr. Epstein is offering to you can say no? Or does it appear to be your choice whether to have the characters? A I don't think he's offering characters to me. Q Did you and Mr. Epstein use Disney princesses as code names for selecting women for sexual encounters? A No. Q The Committee has also reviewed do… | ||
| 10115 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 35 | Page 36 | A No. Q Sleeping Beauty? A No. Q Have you ever met Frederic Fekkai? A No, I have not. I may have met him once, but I don't re- -- yeah -- but nothing to do with Epstein. Q Did you ever hear rumors that Frederic Fekkai was involved with Mr. Epstein's assistants? A No. Q Same question for Mr. Levine. Did you ever hear anything about Mr. Levine's involvement with Epstein's assistants? A I don't know who Mr. Levine is, so no. Ms. Brignac. We'll go off the record. [Recess.] . We're back on the record… | ||
| 10116 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 36 | Page 37 | Q Mr. Staley, I'd like to start with something that you talked about briefly in the previous round. You testified that you had sex with a young woman on Mr. Epstein's staff both in a deposition in a class action against J.P. Morgan and also before the U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority. As reported by The New York Times, you said that, in 2009 or 2010, while visiting Mr. Epstein's New York residence, you had a conversation with a young woman in her twenties who worked for Mr. Epstein. You furthe… | ||
| 10117 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 37 | Page 38 | A Again, I think it was twenties or thirties. Q And you said previously that you'd talked to this woman a few times. Do you remember exactly how you first met her? A Yeah. She was an assistant for Epstein. Oftentimes when I went to his house, he would not, you know, be available, and so she and I would engage in a discussion about, you know, just banter. Q And do you remember how many times you spoke with her? A I'm sure it would've been half a dozen to a dozen times. Q Did you talk to other ass… | ||
| 10118 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 38 | Page 39 | Q How would she have suggested that? A "You want to come by my apartment," you know, "tomorrow morning?" I think that's suggestive. Q So did she tell you when she wanted you to come by her apartment? A Just in the morning is my recollection. Q Did she tell you where her apartment was? A Yes. Q And your recollection is, you had this conversation one day at some point in 2010 and then the next day, specifically the next morning, you went to her apartment? A That seems right, yes. Q How did you get… | ||
| 10119 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 39 | Page 40 | that he was connected to? A No, I was not. Q You've since become aware of that, correct? A I am not aware of him instructing his assistants to have sex with men, no. I'm not. Q As you sit here today, that is something that you are totally unaware of? A Yes. Q You previously testified that you never spoke to Mr. Epstein about this encounter, correct? A That's correct. Q So how do you know that Mr. Epstein did not instruct this woman to have sex with you? A That's my assumption. It didn't seem -- … | ||
| 10120 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 40 | Page 41 | Q Are you aware of that now? A No, I am not. Q Did you see this young woman following this encounter? A Yes, I did. Q How often? A A few times, I think. Q Was this at Mr. Epstein's New York home? A Yes. Q Did you speak with her? A I believe so, yes. Q What did you talk about? A Just casual conversation. Q Did you engage in any sexual activity with this young woman at any point after your visit to her apartment? A No, I did not. Q And, to be clear, that encounter that you claim was consensual was… | ||
| 10121 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 41 | Page 42 | Mr. Sullivan. His answer to that would require revealing attorney-client communication. BY Q If the sex that you had with this woman was consensual, as you claim it was, why would she have wanted to reserve her right to bring claims against you? A I don't know. Q You previously testified in a sworn deposition that this was your only Epstein-connected sexual encounter. A That's correct. Q Do you stand by that testimony? A I do. Q Did you ever meet any minor girls through Mr. Epstein? A No, I did … | ||
| 10122 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 42 | Page 43 | starting on August 27th, 2009. The Bates number is EFTA02436302. [Staley Minority Exhibit A. was marked for identification.] BY : Q In the second email of the chain, you tell Mr. Epstein that you will be in London that week. Mr. Epstein responds, quote, "Do you need anything there?" And you reply, quote, "Yep." Mr. Sullivan. This is one document, right? One page? . Correct, it's one page. BY : Q What did you understand Mr. Epstein to mean by, quote, "Do you need anything there?" A I don't recall… | ||
| 10123 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 43 | Page 44 | "Yep." A Yes. Q I would like to introduce as minority exhibit B an email from Mr. Epstein to a redacted individual dated September 2nd, 2009, just 3 days after you responded to Mr. Epstein's email with, quote, "Yep." The Bates number is EFTA00883896. [Staley Minority Exhibit B. was marked for identification.] BY : Q In the email, Mr. Epstein says, quote, "Jes Staley is staying at the Berkeley Hotel in London tonight." I can represent to you based on in camera review of the unredacted version of … | ||
| 10124 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 44 | Page 45 | woman? A I don't know. Q Was it because Mr. Epstein was instructing this young woman to go to your hotel and have sex with you? A No. I don't know. Q You don't know, or no? A No. I mean, I did not have an encounter with the young woman in a hotel when the -- Q But your answer to my question, was it because Mr. Epstein was instructing this young woman to go to your hotel and have sex with you -- is your answer "no" -- A No. Q -- or "I don't know"? A No. Q How would you know -- A Oh, sorry. No. Q … | ||
| 10125 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 45 | Page 46 | A Never. Q Did Mr. Epstein ever send women or girls to your hotel or wherever you were staying on any other occasion? A No. Q I'd like to introduce as minority exhibit C an email exchange between Mr. Epstein and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from June 14th, 2010. The Bates number is EFTA01812700. [Staley Minority Exhibit C. was marked for identification.] BY : Q In the first email of the chain, Mr. Epstein says, quote -- this is at the very bottom -- he says, quote, "If you can find time to show Je… | ||
| 10126 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 46 | Page 47 | Q Did Mr. Mountbatten-Windsor show you around London? This was in June of 2010. A Around London? No. Q Did Mr. Mountbatten-Windsor give you a tour of his home? A I visited the palace. I thought it was just by myself. I didn't recall him joining or being there. Q Do you remember when you visited the palace? A Not -- not exactly, no. Q Do you have a year? A No, but I know I went once. Q And that's Buckingham Palace, correct? A Yes. Q And your recollection is that you visited but you weren't with M… | ||
| 10127 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 47 | Page 48 | occasions. Q And that is separate from the tour that you also recollect? A Yes. Q Because those were visits and not a tour? A Those were professional visits to the palace in my role with Barclays. Q And when you say "years later," when was that? A That would've been from 2015 to 2021. Q So the tour that you remember would've been some point before 2015? A Yes. Q I'd like to introduce as minority exhibit D an email chain between you and Mr. Epstein from the following day, June 16th, 2010. The Bat… | ||
| 10128 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 48 | Page 49 | A I'm not going to speculate. Q Did you call Mr. Epstein in response to his email? A I don't recall. Q Would you have typically called Mr. Epstein when he asked you to call him? A Yes. Q So you might have. A I might have. But this is 16 years ago. Q A few hours later, you respond, "I'm with A." Is "A" Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor? A It seems like it. Q What did that have to do with the previous conversation that you were having with Mr. Epstein? A I don't know. Q Because you asked Mr. Epstein if a… | ||
| 10129 | Jes Staley — House Oversight Committee 17 | 49 | Page 50 | together, he's -- A It's possible. Q -- wrong? A No. Q You just don't remember. A That's correct. |