U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan discussed Staley's alleged role, which Staley denies, in a decision explaining why he refused to dismiss lawsuits accusing JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank AG of enabling Epstein's sex trafficking.
"If the allegations in plaintiffs' complaints are taken as true, Mr. Staley had actual first-hand knowledge that Epstein conducted a sex-trafficking venture," Rakoff wrote.
By attributing that knowledge to JPMorgan, Epstein's accusers might show that JPMorgan "actually knew" about the venture or "recklessly disregarded" its existence, Rakoff said.
The decision covers two lawsuits against the banks by Epstein's accusers, and a lawsuit against JPMorgan by the U.S. Virgin Islands, where Epstein allegedly abused women on his private island Little St. James.
The U.S. Virgin Islands case included accusations that Epstein and Staley swapped sexually suggestive messages about young women, including an email that Rakoff quoted where Staley said: "That was fun. Say hi to Snow White."
Note the email "Say hi to Snow White". Q mentioned Snow White many times: https://qposts.online/?q=snow+white&s=keyword
There is a lot to unpack with the JP Morgan / Epstein connection. And Jes Staley has many direct connections to Epstein.
Heres a photo of Staley hanging out with Epstein, Bill Gates, and Larry Summers (former US Treasury Secretary) at Epsteins Manhattan Mansion (the same mansion Prince Andrew was photographed visiting).
He even visited St James Island on his private yacht.
In April 2015, after he had left JP Morgan and taken a post at the Blue Mountain hedge fund, the couple visited Epstein on Little Saint James, one of his two private Caribbean islands.
Staley claimed he and Debora (his Brazilian Jewish wife) were on holiday and happened to be sailing past Epstein's hideaway – nicknamed 'paedophile island' – so they popped in for lunch.
He says he severed all dealings with Epstein before taking charge in December 2015. But there was certainly plenty of contact before that and Staley has admitted the links between the pair were forged over 15 years.
He says a purely professional relationship started when he took over JP Morgan's private bank in 2000.
Towards the end of that decade, however, (Epsteins) disgusting proclivities were well aired and one might have expected Staley to keep a distance.
Yet in 2009, still working at JP Morgan, he saw fit to pay a visit to the sex trafficker while he was serving a prison sentence. Staley dropped in at Epstein's office in Palm Beach, where the latter was on work release during the 13 months he served of an 18- month sentence for procuring a child for prostitution.
This willingness to rub shoulders with a known sex offender who preyed on vulnerable individuals is at odds with Staley's political correctness in the workplace. He was a key figure in making JP Morgan an LGBT-friendly company.
Perhaps a 'follow the wives' moment here as Staleys rich heiress wife Debora Staley has an interesting background. And the craziest pair of sanpaku eyes Ive ever seen:
The couple met in the 1980s, after JP Morgan sent him to work in Brazil, where her wealthy family had founded data firm Aceco. Commenting on their different backgrounds, he said "I was Unitarian Boston American and she was Jewish Brazilian São Paulo ... I was her parents' worst nightmare."
And this all ties in with the current bank faliures. JPMorgan just purchased failed First Republic Bank, even though government regulations forbid them to do so:
https://twitter.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1652996108916776963?cxt=HHwWhoCz8f_Mz_AtAAAA
And JP Morgan just bought the Republic Bank? Threads are getting woven into very interesting pattern all over the place.