JP Morgan boss pressed by US senator about contact with Jeffrey Epstein

[Uncle Joe]

Elizabeth Warren asks Jamie Dimon if he was advised to ‘mildly threaten’ UK chancellor over tax on bankers’ bonuses

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Dimon, who has been chair and chief executive of the largest US bank for two decades, told a court in 2023 he had never met Epstein and had not heard the late sex offender’s name until his 2019 arrest.

But a cache of documents released by the US Department of Justice this year has piled pressure on Dimon, one of the most powerful figures on Wall Street, and raised fresh questions about his links with Epstein.

A 2009 email emerged this year as part of the Epstein files, which appeared to show the disgraced financier asking the former Labour minister Peter Mandelson if Dimon should lobby the UK chancellor, Alistair Darling, in an attempt to dissuade him from introducing a tax on banker bonuses.

Mandelson replied that Dimon should “mildly threaten” the chancellor – and the banker is reported to have subsequently spoken to Darling. Dimon allegedly pointed out that JP Morgan was a big UK employer and purchaser of government bonds, and threatened to cancel investment in new London headquarters.

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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/13/jp-morgan-boss-jamie-dimon-us-uk-jeffrey-epstein-elizabeth-warren

[NoMoreRepugs]

1. Dimon is one of the poster boys for smugass rich guys IMO.