Former JPMorgan Chase executive James “Jes” Staley was real good friends with Jeffrey Epstein, back in the day. He got a subpoena from the bank in relation to the federal lawsuits they face. People are alleging they “benefited from longtime banking-client Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking crimes.” Manhattan’s favorite Attorney General, Alvin Bragg, had another bad day in court on Friday. That’s when a federal judge ordered him to hand over documents he’s been sitting on. Ones that shed light on what happened.
Epstein associate evidence
Jeffrey Epstein associate Jes Staley could end up taking the rap for Chase Bank’s involvement with the rape of a minor. On Friday, May 26, federal Judge Jed Rakoff ruled that “the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office must turn over documents related to former JPMorgan Chase executive James ‘Jes‘ Staley.”
The suits against the bank allege “JPMorgan enabled and benefited from longtime banking-client Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking crimes.” The bank as a whole didn’t do it but Staley probably did. He should at least share the blame, they claim. His share is all of it, they add.
Alvin Bragg gets involved because an anonymous victim of Epstein alleged in her own suit that “at least one of Epstein’s friends used aggressive force in his sexual assault of her.”
Jeffrey Epstein Sent Photos of Young Women to Ex-JP Morgan Exec Jes Staley, Let Him Use Private Island: Suit – Inside Edition https://t.co/Y8yAWGmsUt
— S (@saabelieves) May 27, 2023
That friend was allegedly Staley and he told her at the time “that he had Epstein’s permission to do what he wanted to her.” The Bank filed a “crossclaim” against Jes Staley. In it, they argue that the “powerful financial executive” not named in her lawsuit is actually Staley. He denies it.
Bragg must now “turn over any records and statements provided by the anonymous woman to the DA’s office on August 10, 2022.” That’s pretty specific.
They also have to let the bank have “any statements or records” that were “provided by any individual identifying James ‘Jes’ Staley as an alleged witness or an alleged perpetrator of any sexual assault, sexual abuse, or other sex-related crime.” That could pull more Epstein records into the net.
Bragg claimed ‘privilege’
To keep the Epstein records safely locked in his filing cabinet with all the other evidence he’s hiding on other controversial cases, Bragg argued that “that his office should not have to produce the documents to JPMorgan.” He listed every form of privilege under the sun except being White.
Bragg asserted “law enforcement privilege, the informant’s privilege, the New York state public interest privilege, and New York grand jury secrecy statutes.” It didn’t work and the judge said yes to the Bank’s requests.
It’s not clear, CNN notes, “if there is an active investigation into Staley.” Probably not or Bragg would have used that as an excuse not to hand anything over related to Epstein. His office isn’t talking to the press.
ICYMI:
Ex-Barclays boss Jes Staley, who once called his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein “profound,” may still be on the hook if JPMorgan is found liable for knowingly profiting from sex trafficking, a federal judge ruled.
Details inside, @LawCrimeNews https://t.co/fNUdUpJD7T
— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) May 24, 2023
On Friday, Judge Jed Rakoff “overruled Bragg’s assertion of privilege over certain documents requested in the bank’s subpoena determining that after a full review he found that the privileges and statutes invoked by the Manhattan prosecutor do not apply to the requested documents.”
Just because the Judge ordered another round of hidden Jeffrey Epstein scandal related documents handed over in a public lawsuit doesn’t mean the public will get to see them.
Everything Bragg digs up will be sealed tight as a drum under a protective order. That will keep Hillary Clinton from having to explain her pizza order preferences for her flights on the Lolita Express.
