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Nigel Higgins agrees with lawyer that some of Staley’s ‘affectionate’ emails might seem ‘odd to an Englishman’The chair of Barclays has said he did not ask Jes Staley whether he was still emailing or calling Jeffrey Epstein before declaring to the regulator that the last contact between the ex-boss and the child sex offender was “well before” he joined the bank, a court has heard.Higgins admitted that he did not inquire about the kind of contact that the pair had, nor the exact date of their last meeting, before attempting to reassure the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) that he had no concerns about the nature of Staley and Epstein’s relationship. Continue reading…
Nigel Higgins agrees with lawyer that some of Staley’s ‘affectionate’ emails might seem ‘odd to an Englishman’
The chair of Barclays has said he did not ask Jes Staley whether he was still emailing or calling Jeffrey Epstein before declaring to the regulator that the last contact between the ex-boss and the child sex offender was “well before” he joined the bank, a court has heard.
Higgins admitted that he did not inquire about the kind of contact that the pair had, nor the exact date of their last meeting, before attempting to reassure the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) that he had no concerns about the nature of Staley and Epstein’s relationship.