Who are Jes Staley and Larry Summers? Epstein once named them executors of his will |
Newly released US Justice Department documents have revealed that former Barclays chief executive Jes Staley and former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers were once named as executors of Jeffrey Epstein’s estate. The papers are part of a new batch of filings linked to Epstein, the disgraced financier who died in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on child sex trafficking charges.
The documents include several versions of Epstein’s will. These were written between 2012 and 2014. These versions show that Epstein planned to place responsibility for his affairs in the hands of close associates if he died. Among those named were Staley and Summers. However, neither man appears in Epstein’s final will from 2019, according to The Guardian.
James “Jes” Staley is an American banker who served as the chief executive of Barclays from 2015 until 2021. Before joining Barclays, he spent more than three decades at JPMorgan. Staley’s connection with Epstein has already cost him his........