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The Epstein Files

File 127 - JPMorgan CEO Jes Staley's 1,200 Messages With Epstein

The Epstein Files

NBN.fm

History, True Crime, News

4.1743 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Former JPMorgan CEO Jes Staley exchanged approximately 1,200 messages with Jeffrey Epstein over several years, including messages containing photos and references that JPMorgan's own compliance team flagged as concerning. Despite internal warnings, JPMorgan maintained Epstein as a client until 2013 and Staley maintained the relationship for years after. The bank later settled victim lawsuits for $290 million. This episode examines the messages, JPMorgan's internal compliance failures, Staley'...

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0:00.0

3 million pages of evidence, thousands of unsealed flight logs,

0:10.0

millions of data points, names, themes and timelines connected.

0:16.0

You are listening to the Epstein files, the world's first AI-native investigation into the case that traditional journalism simply could not handle.

0:30.9

Welcome back to the Epstein Files. Last time, we looked at File 126, the flight logs named 73 people who flew with Epstein after his conviction.

0:40.2

Today, we are analyzing episode 127, 128.

0:44.2

As always, every document and source we reference is available at Epsteinfiles.fm.

0:49.3

So let us start with Epstein Associates, because that document trail sets up the first anomaly immediately.

0:54.8

The documents released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, or EFD, prove a persistent

0:59.8

pattern of institutional complicity. They detail exactly how financial institutions, academic bodies,

1:06.3

and federal agencies actively managed and concealed the Epstein network. We will examine the conflict across

1:11.9

sources regarding the Department of Justice's handling of specific FBI 302 witness interviews.

1:16.9

And we will outline what remains unproven regarding the unnamed accomplices shielded by

1:20.9

redactions and non-prosecution agreements. You have access to this entire archive. Right. And tracing

1:25.8

the paper trail reveals deliberate operational

1:28.1

decisions across multiple sectors. We begin our analysis with the internal communications

1:33.4

records from J.P. Morgan Chase. The documents show approximately 1,200 WhatsApp messages exchanged

1:39.4

between James Jess Staley, a senior JPMorgan executive, and Jeffrey Epstein.

1:45.0

The timeline verification on those 1,200 messages establishes the baseline for institutional awareness.

1:51.8

We must review the exact chronological sequence.

1:54.3

The communications span from 2008 through at least 2012.

1:58.3

Which means we must cross-reference this timeline with the public legal record.

2:02.6

Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from a minor in Palm Beach County, Florida in 2008.

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