Jes Staley Is Set To Face Congress Today Over His Epstein Ties (7/23/26)

The Epstein Chronicles · Jul 23, 2026 · 11m

Jes Staley’s appearance before Congress centers on the collapse of his long-running effort to portray his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein as distant, professional and misunderstood. The record suggests something far closer: years of communication, visits, continued contact after Epstein’s 2008 conviction and descriptions of the relationship that went well beyond ordinary banker-client business. Staley has repeatedly leaned on selective memory and claims of ignorance, but those defenses are difficult to reconcile with his experience as one of the world’s most sophisticated financial…