Elizabeth Warren Questions JPMorgan CEO Over Jeffrey Epstein Ties

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren requested documents and clarification from JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon regarding whether the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein advised the bank's lobbying of the United Kingdom government. The inquiry follows the release of U.S. Department of Justice documents featuring a 2009 email from Peter Mandelson suggesting that Dimon mildly threaten then-Chancellor Alistair Darling to oppose a proposed tax on banker bonuses.

Former Chancellor Darling's memoirs describe a call with an angry Dimon who threatened to halt investment in a new London headquarters to block the levy. The emerging evidence suggests Epstein may have played a role in shaping these lobbying efforts.

JPMorgan Chase denied that Dimon ever met with or took counsel from Epstein, stating that the CEO's views on government policy are his own. While the bank acknowledged that any association with Epstein was a mistake, it noted that he was exited as a client in 2013, years before his federal sex-trafficking arrest.