Ex-Barclays chief Jes Staley tells House hes unsure he met woman in a Snow White costume through Jeffrey Epstein: source

WASHINGTON — Former Barclays CEO Jes Staley told a House panel Thursday that he was “unsure” he met a woman who wore a Snow White costume through convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a person familiar with his closed-door interview.The ex-Barclays chief maintained that he cut off contact with Epstein after assuming control of the bank in 2015 — but revealed in other portions of his interview that he had a sexual relationship with one of his finance pal’s assistants while denying he had an encounter with a woman dressed as Snow White.But the Department of Justice released emails earlier this year showing the two discussing the character among the 1,200 communications from Staley’s email account as the head of JP Morgan’s Private Bank to his client Epstein’s private email address between 2008 and 2012.“Maybe they’re tracking u?? That was fun.Say hi to Snow White,” Staley wrote to Epstein on July 9, 2010.“[W]hat character would you like next?” asked Epstein in response the following day“Beauty and the Beast,” Staley said.Epstein replied, “well one side is available.”Another unidentified person emailed Epstein on July 10, 2010: “the snow white was f..ed twice as soon as she put her costume.”Other emails in the DOJ’s Epstein Library disclosed that the money manager told an unidentified woman on June 20, 2010: “I would love to take photos of you in a Snow White costume.

You can get it from the costume store.”“Will get it!” the woman responded to him.Staley also received from Epstein an unsolicited photo of a woman on Dec.20, 2009, which has been redacted in court papers.A source familiar with his Oversight Committee interview said he shared “further details” about a consensual sexual encounter with an Epstein assistant at the disgraced financier’s apartment in New York City.Staley, who resigned from Barclays in 2021 amid a UK investigation into his financial ties to Epstein, had also previously denied...