Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. JPMorgan has faced two high-profile lawsuits over its decision to keep banking Epstein until Staley, who went on to lead Barclays, denies the allegations. A high-profile money manager, Epstein was found dead in a prison cell in β deemed suicide by hanging β while awaiting trial on new charges of sex trafficking minors.
Epstein courted influential figures around the world, in both finance and politics, with former US presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump among those to have enjoyed his hospitality. At the time Epstein was serving an month sentence at the private wing of the Palm Beach County Stockade for soliciting a young girl.
He was not released on probation until July 22 Even from behind bars, Epstein was still in regular communication with many of his influential contacts. A previous photograph from showed the two men shopping together in the Caribbean. She is serving 20 years in prison for assisting Epstein in sex trafficking under-age girls. This connection has been a matter of public record for some time. He never had any kind of professional or business relationship with Epstein in any form.
He was cleared by an inquiry. Later in the summer of Mandelson returned to Corfu as a guest of the Rothschild family where he once again courted controversy, this time by meeting the son of Libyan leader Muammer Gaddafi.
In January the following year, Staley asked Epstein β just months after his release from jail β if he could assist in securing an audience with either Mandelson or Alistair Darling, at the time the British chancellor of the exchequer. Darling in 20 minutes. Will talk again with Peter this AM. Darling said he had no recollection of meeting Staley, then a senior executive at JPMorgan, and did not have any dealings with Epstein.
