Jes Staley Goes On The Offensive Over The Epstein Allegations

In court filings responding to JPMorgan Chase’s lawsuit, Jes Staley went on the offensive, arguing that the bank was attempting to shift institutional responsibility for its long relationship with Jeffrey Epstein onto him personally. JPMorgan has alleged that Staley, a former senior executive, misled the bank about Epstein and failed to flag risks, seeking to claw back compensation and damages tied to Epstein-related settlements. Staley countered that the bank’s claims were legally and factually flawed, emphasizing that Epstein remained a JPMorgan client through decisions made by multiple committees and compliance systems, not at his unilateral direction.

Staley’s filings portrayed JPMorgan’s case as a reputational maneuver rather than a good-faith effort to establish accountability, asserting that the bank approved, monitored, and renewed Epstein’s accounts long after concerns were known internally. He argued that the lawsuit was designed to make him a public scapegoat for broader institutional failures in risk management and governance, while minimizing the role of the bank itself. Although a judge allowed JPMorgan’s case to proceed, Staley’s aggressive defense reframed the dispute as a contest over who bears responsibility for keeping Epstein as a client—an issue that continues to shadow both the bank and the executive as the litigation moves forward.


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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
What's up everyone, and welcome back to the Epstein Chronicles.
Jeff Staley's legal team has hit back against JP Morgan
after JP Morgan has tried to place all of the
blame over their relationship with Jeffrey Epstein directly on the
shoulders of Jess Staley. Well, as you can imagine, Jeff

(00:22):
Staley's not too happy about all of that. Meanwhile, the
rest of us are kicking back and enjoying watching Jeffrey
Epstein's pals eat each other alive, and hopefully, during this
feeding frenzy within the courtroom, some of that red meat
is exposed. Today we have an article from The Guardian
and the headline is Jess Staley's lawyers hit out at

(00:44):
slanderous attacks by JP Morgan. This article was authored by
Colina mccordoff. Lawyers working for Jess Staley have accused JP
Morgan of slanderous attacks against the ex Barclay's boss, saying
allegations that he aided sex trafficking operations run by the
late billionaire. You mean pedophile, don't you, Collina? Jeffrey Epstein.

(01:08):
We're baseless, but serious. You know what cracks me up?
They're baseless, huh? So how do you explain away all
of the emails? How do you explain the over one
thousand emails shared between you and Jeffrey Epstein? How do
you explain any of that? How do you explain the
fact that you were paling around with him on his island?
Even after Jeffrey Epstein and his jerk off face was

(01:30):
convicted of crimes against children, jeff daily chose to still
pal around with this dude. So how's he going to
explain that? You know, it's always slander or it's always
this that the other thing, But none of them ever
go to court and seue over it. Right, They never
want to get to discovery. Which one of these scoundrel
ass scumbags have ever wanted to get to discovery? And

(01:52):
the ones that did get to that point, how did
it end up for them? Staley's lawyer made the comments
in a Manhattan District court filing as he urged a
judge to give his client more time to review thousands
of documents related to JP Morgan's lawsuit against them and
sever that case from two lawsuits lodged against the US

(02:12):
Bank over its alleged role in aiding Epstein's crimes. So
The strategy here for both sides is to blame everybody
but take no responsibility for your own actions. That goes
for the bank and for Jess Staley, because remember Jess
Staley wasn't the big boss of the bank. He had

(02:32):
bosses over him. What was Jamie Diamond doing too busy
counting his millions, swimming through the billions like Scrooge McDuck.
I mean, look, if you're the boss of an operation,
the buck has to stop with you. But a guy
like Jamie Diamond, who was all powerful in his industry,
never mind his company, would have you believe that it
was all on Jess Staley and Diamond never saw an email,

(02:56):
never got a report, and never knew anything about Jeffrey
Epstein or what Epstein was up to. That's what Jamie
Diamond would have you believe. And that's what JP Morgan's
trying to pitch here. They're saying that it was all
Jess Stay, they had nothing to do with it. In fact,
they were victimized by Staley as well. And because they

(03:16):
were victimized, they're gonna recoup that money that they paid them.
Now that's their plan. Is it going to work out?
How they wanted to work out. In the end, I'm
not so sure, especially considering some of the information we're
getting today about a cash of tapes that have been found,
and we're going to talk about that a little bit
more at the end of this article. But the evidence

(03:38):
keeps piling up, and I don't think any of the
parties involved here are going to be able to get
away with claiming ignorance. Somebody's gonna have to answer for
what happened here, and somebody's gonna have to answer for
the enabling of Jeffrey Epstein financially for all of these years,
And if JP Morgan has their way, it's going to
be Jess Staley who takes the fall. The filings argued

(04:01):
that the breakneck pace of the case schedule, which is
set for trial on October twenty third, was unnecessary and
prejudicial and would give Staley grossly insufficient time to defend himself.
I mean, really, Bro's had decades to come up with
an excuse. Bros Had decades to come up with a
plausible deniability plan. But in all those years, this is

(04:24):
the best he's come up with. Do you really think
pushing it back past October is going to make anything
any different. The facts are still going to be the facts.
And the fact is jeff Staley was hanging out with
Jeffrey Epstein and profiting from Jeffrey Epstein's criminal enterprise. The
allegations against him are baseless but serious. Mister Staley is

(04:45):
accused of aiding and abetting Jeffrey Epstein, one of the
most notorious criminals in recent American history. So what's not
factual about any of that? Staley's lawyer, Brendan Sullivan said
in the document, adding the claims were also slanderous and
potential damages are astronomical. Well, sue them. Let's get to it.

(05:08):
Stop with all of the nonsense, stop with the winging.
If it's slanderers, sue them. Two lawsuits aimed at JP Morgan,
claimed Staley, who previously worked for the US Bank, observed
victims personally, including visiting young girls at Epstein's apartments, and
exchanged two hundred emails with the late financier. Again with

(05:31):
the financier deer guardian, Jeffrey Epstein was a sex offender,
a child molester, and a pedophile, save the financier shit
that included photos of young women in seductive poses. And
referring to women by the name of Disney princesses. Please
explain that, jess Daily, we are all waiting for your explanation.

(05:52):
I'm sure you have a logical explanation while you were
trading emails with a human trafficker talking about Eastern European
girls as Disney characters. I'm sure there's a logical explanation
for all of it. Those lawsuits have been brought by
the US Virgin Islands, where much of the abuse is
said to have taken place at a home owned by

(06:12):
Epstein on a private island, and also by a woman
known only as Jane Doe number one. And we don't
know who the survivor is here, who is party to
this lawsuit or filed their own lawsuit, But you have
to think that it's somebody that had a lot of
time down there on the island, somebody that has an
intimate knowledge of the workings of Jeffrey Epstein's criminal enterprise.

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And it's never a bad thing to have somebody like
that as a witness, or somebody bringing a suit, somebody
that has intimate knowledge of the crimes that were taking place.
But the US Bank is suing stalely in turn, saying
he should be made liable for any penalties the US
Bank may face as a result of the lawsuits. It
is also trying to claw back millions of dollars he

(06:59):
was paid while working for JP Morgan. So JP Morgan's
trying to put all of the blame on Jeff Staley.
That's what all of this is about finding a fall guy.
It's always about finding a fall guy, right, who can
we throw to the masses as the red meat? And
Jeff Staley, unfortunately you've been voted off the island. The

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stakes could hardly be higher for mister Staley, Sullivan said
in the filing, which is asking the court to delay
the trial until March twenty twenty four. Disproving these false
and highly publicized allegations is of paramount importance to him,
Yet this court's scheduling rulings have severely prejudiced his ability
to do so, the lawyer said. However, a JP Morgan

(07:44):
spokesperson argued against the call to separate Staley's case from
its own, saying he was inextricably linked to these cases.
It makes no sense to separate him. Jane Doe herself
has directly accused him of horrific sexual mis his conduct,
and if true, he must be held accountable. It added,
Watching JP Morgan and just daily fight like this cracks

(08:07):
me up. It's like two people who commit a murder.
So that's laughable, huh. JP Morgan talking about holding people
to account. Why don't you start in your own boardroom.
How about we hold all of you to account, starting
with Jamie Diamond and working our way down. Staley developed
a relationship with Epstein in two thousand while he was
working for JP Morgan's private bank, which handles wealthy clients,

(08:30):
and stayed in contact with Epstein for seven years after
Epstein was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a miner in
two thousand and eight. No such thing as soliciting prostitution
from a miner. A miner cannot consent to all of that,
so how can it be solicitation for prostitution? What a
dumbass law? And whatever lawmakers were involved in writing that

(08:53):
law down in Florida, they should stand in front of
the mirror and repeatedly smack themselves in the face. However,
the bankers said their contacts started to taper off after
he left JP Morgan in twenty thirteen. He was appointed
chief executive of Barclays two years later, but unexpectedly resigned
in November of twenty twenty one over draft findings of

(09:16):
a UK regulatory investigation into his relationship with a convicted
sex offender. Finally called them what he is in the
article Hallelujah Guardian. However, a formal challenge by Staley has met.
The conclusions of that investigation have not yet been released.
It's always an ongoing investigation, right, that's gumming up the works.

(09:37):
Why can't we get information about Jeffrey Epstein? Oh, it's
an ongoing investigation in the jail. What are you even
talking about? Jeffrey Epstein's dead? That lock up is closed
down where four years out? Almost? What are you even
talking about right now? But that's how they roll, That's
how they keep things from reaching the public, and that's
how they keep things from moving in a transparent manner.

(09:59):
That is the best cover that they could possibly have
for themselves. Oh, this is an ongoing investigation, all right,
Onto the second part of our episode and the next article,
which is relatively short. This is an article from bro
Bible and the headline is cash of secret videos. Photos
found by Jeffrey Epstein's estate could spark an FBI investigation.

(10:22):
This article was authored by Douglas Charles while as bff
in Cohort and Crime, Glenn Maxwell wiles away her days
in federal prison. Jeffrey Epstein is still making news despite
being dead. I wish he was making real news with
all of his buddies getting arrested, but I guess that's
never going to happen. Huh. Too busy with the romanesque

(10:44):
political theater that we see playing out all over the
country as federal and state lawmakers continue to engage in
a bunch of performative political theater instead of going after
thirty ass scumbacks who enable jeff Frey Epstein helped them
and in some cases participated. For several years now, there

(11:05):
has been much speculation about the existence of a Jeffrey
Epstein address book containing hundreds of names, including celebrities and politicians.
There's no speculation there is an address book. That's what
the Big Black Book was. There were two of them
in fact, so not speculation. In addition to that, Ghlaine
Maxwell allegedly admitted that Jeffrey Epstein had secret videos of

(11:28):
former US presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton. Maxwell herself
reportedly also has a secret stash of videotapes. All of
that is unconfirmed. A lot of talk about that, but
I don't have any concrete evidence to share with you
to say, hey, look, we can point to this right here,
and here is your evidence that this occurred. Do I

(11:49):
find it plausible? I do? Do I find it likely?
I do? Glaine once reportedly told a friend, Christina Oxenburg,
Jeffrey and I have video on everyone. And it wasn't
just that. We heard from survivors as well that the
whole entire operation was wired up for CCTV, So it

(12:10):
came from multiple sources. And we also heard from the
people who set it all up. Remember we heard from
the technician who helped set up the security for Epstein.
So this has come from multiple sources. The only question
has been where are these tapes, who has them, why
aren't they in the possession of the FBI, and why
haven't they been used to make more arrests. Those are

(12:32):
the questions that any sane person should have, just a
few of the questions. Anyway, she did not reveal any
of those alleged videos or the address book to authorities
before or during her trial in an effort to reduce
her prison sentence. Perhaps she was worried she would end
up dead like Jeffrey Epstein if she did. Now, however,

(12:53):
the cat may be out of the bag, so to speak.
And now here's where the actual part of the article
that has something worthwhile comes. According to the federal court
documents filed by the US Virgin Islands and shared by
Inner City Press, and Inner City Press is a very
solid source for what's going on in the courtrooms in
New York, especially when it comes to live coverage of

(13:16):
what's going on in those courtrooms. And according to Inner
City Press, Jeffrey Epstein's estate has discovered a cache of
photos and videos. So I'm skeptical right off the bat
about the estate quote unquote discovering anything considering who the
two executors of the estate are. I have my doubts
about things being miraculously discovered. But with that said, connin

(13:38):
Endiker shrewd enough to know that if they do have
something like that, and it could provide a firestorm perhaps
for other people, it'll give them the cover that they've
always wanted. These two dudes, they just want to make
it out of this with a little bit of pocket
change when all is said and done, and not go
to prison, because they were very, very important pieces of

(13:59):
what Epstein had going on as far as his enterprise.
We're talking about his in house lawyer and his right
hand man as an accountant. And we're not talking about
guys that were hired, you know, out of the back
page of the newspaper. We're talking about guys that were
with Epstein every step of the way. So one thing
I'm damn sure of is that if the executors and

(14:20):
the estate has found new evidence of pictures or videos,
you better damn well believe Indike and Khan will not
beyond any of those videos or in any of those photographs.
The images could be used in an ongoing lawsuit against
JP Morgan Chase, and Deutsche Bank for allegedly enabling Jeffrey

(14:40):
Epstein for providing him with the funds to support his
illegal lifestyle, not just that, laundering the money, all sorts
of stuff. New York Federal Judge Jeds Raykoff wrote in
a recent ruling regarding the photos and videos, if during
the course of that review, the estate sees a particular
recording that appears to contain possible seesam abusive material of children.

(15:05):
It shall promptly stop further review of that recording and
notify the Federal Bureau of Investigation or such other agency
or entity as the FBI direct of the recording's existence.
No seesam shall be copied or transmitted to another party,
except as directed by the FBI or other governmental agency.

(15:28):
The videos and photos were discovered after subpoenas were issued
by lawyers for one of Jeffrey Epstein's unidentified survivors. So
it's relatively interesting to see, all of a sudden, miraculously
we have videos and photographs that the estate has come
into possession of. So we'll see what comes of all
of this. But certainly not great news for the bank,

(15:50):
and it's certainly not great news for Jess Daily either,
and for other people who might have been on that
island and who might have participated in the abuse. I'm
guessing they're not gonna have a good night's sleep tonight
knowing that these videos in these photographs might be introduced
to the public conversation. All right, everybody that's gonna do

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