Jes Staley — a former top executive at JPMorgan who fought to keep Jeffrey Epstein as a client at the bank after Epstein became a convicted sex offender — told the House Oversight Committee Thursday that he spoke to JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon at least twice about Epstein’s criminal exposure.
According to people familiar with the exchange, Staley said he spoke to Dimon about Epstein on two occasions: once in 2006, when Epstein was first indicted, and another in 2008, when Epstein was in jail.
Staley’s recollection, which he has shared versions of in previous depositions over the years, deviates from what Dimon previously said under oath in a…
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