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Jes Staley told US lawmakers he shared bank data with Jeffrey Epstein

Former JPMorgan executive's statements released in a congressional transcript detail his relationship with the late financier.

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JPMorgan executive Jes Staley told Congress he shared confidential bank information with Jeffrey Epstein, as lawmakers investigate the convicted sex offender’s ties to political and business elites.

What this story says

  • Former JPMorgan executive Jes Staley told U.S. lawmakers he shared confidential and market-sensitive bank information with Jeffrey Epstein.
  • Staley was named as a trustee of Epstein's estate, according to a transcript released by the U.S. Congress House Oversight Committee.
  • Staley described one sexual encounter with an assistant of Jeffrey Epstein as consensual.
  • JPMorgan Chase has denied being complicit with Epstein’s criminal activities.

Who covered it

Left 14%(2)Centre 43%(6)Right 43%(6)

Percentages are shares of the 14 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 1 of the 15 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

60/100

Craft

55/100

Hype

45/100

15 sources · methodology

Missing from the left

Only 2 of the 14 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.

A reader who follows the left would not have seen this. We report the absence rather than explain it: outlets choose what to cover for many reasons, and we have no evidence about which one applies here.

Former JPMorgan executive Jes Staley told U.S. lawmakers that he repeatedly shared confidential and market-sensitive bank information with Jeffrey Epstein. Staley's statements were revealed in a transcript of his interview with the U.S. Congress House Oversight Committee, released by the committee. The transcript also shows Staley was named as a trustee of Epstein's estate.

Staley also described one sexual encounter he had with an assistant of Jeffrey Epstein as consensual. The bank itself has denied being complicit with Epstein’s criminal activities.

Disagreement on Staley's authority

The Straits Times reported that Staley said he believed he had the authority to share information when he considered it appropriate. None of the other reports mention Staley's assertion of authority.

What the coverage left out

None of the right-rated reports printed below mention that JPMorgan Chase has denied being complicit with Epstein’s criminal activities. The centre-rated reports included this denial.

Coverage settled. We checked this 94 times and stopped on 1 Sept 2026, 09:30. The figures above are what it finished at.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

2 rated outlets

We have not written our reading of the left coverage of this story. The left-rated outlets that ran it are listed below.

Centre

6 rated outlets

  • The centre-rated reports from WTVB and Reuters both led with former JPMorgan Chase executive Jes Staley telling U.S. lawmakers he repeatedly shared confidential and market-sensitive bank information with Jeffrey Epstein. Both reports also stated that Staley was named as a trustee of Epstein's estate, citing the transcript released by the U.S. Congress House Oversight Committee.

Right

6 rated outlets

  • The right-rated reports from the Times of India, The Straits Times, New York Post, and Just the News focused on different aspects of Staley's relationship with Epstein and his interview. The Times of India's headline asked what Staley shared and why Congress was asking questions. The Straits Times reported that Staley believed he had the authority to share information. The New York Post highlighted Staley's description of a sexual encounter with Epstein's assistant as consensual. Just the News's headline noted the release of the interview transcript and mentioned the bank's denial of complicity.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Jes Staley told US lawmakers he shared bank data with Jeffrey Epstein?
Of the 14 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 14% are rated left, 43% are rated centre, 43% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 15. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Jes Staley told US lawmakers he shared bank data with Jeffrey Epstein left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 14 rated outlets on this story, 14% are rated left, 43% are rated centre, 43% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of Jes Staley told US lawmakers he shared bank data with Jeffrey Epstein biased?
Jes Staley told US lawmakers he shared bank data with Jeffrey Epstein is one event reported by 15 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Jes Staley told US lawmakers he shared bank data with Jeffrey Epstein?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Jes Staley told US lawmakers he shared bank data with Jeffrey Epstein?
15 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What did Jes Staley admit to sharing with Jeffrey Epstein?
Former JPMorgan executive Jes Staley told U.S. lawmakers he repeatedly shared confidential and market-sensitive bank information with Jeffrey Epstein. This information was revealed in a transcript of his interview with the U.S. Congress House Oversight Committee.
What was Jes Staley's role in Jeffrey Epstein's estate?
According to a transcript released by the U.S. Congress House Oversight Committee, Jes Staley was named as a trustee of Jeffrey Epstein's estate. Staley's statements to lawmakers were detailed in this transcript.
Did JPMorgan Chase have any involvement with Epstein's activities?
JPMorgan Chase has denied being complicit with Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal activities. This denial was reported by centre-rated outlets that covered the story, though not by the right-rated reports in this comparison.

Read it at the source

15 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.

Left

2

Centre

6

Right

6

Not rated

1

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