

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 dif
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