Jeffrey Epstein’s Bankers
Jeffrey Epstein’s Bankers
Until JPMorgan dropped him as a client in 2013, America’s leading bank financially enabled the century’s most notorious sexual predator.
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Truth Analysis
Analysis Summary:
The article is mostly accurate, stating that JPMorgan financially enabled Jeffrey Epstein until 2013. While the claim is supported by multiple sources, the snippet presents a slightly biased view by using loaded language like "most notorious sexual predator." The article would benefit from a more neutral tone.
Detailed Analysis:
- Claim: JPMorgan financially enabled Jeffrey Epstein until 2013.
- Verification Source #1: States that one of the banks that helped protect the paedophile financier has settled a lawsuit brought by a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse.
- Verification Source #2: Confirms that JPMorgan Chase & Co bankers continued to have meetings with Jeffrey Epstein even after the bank decided to close his accounts in 2013.
- Verification Source #3: Indicates that JPMorgan Chase faced blowback after continuing to keep relationships with individuals like Epstein.
- Assessment: Supported by multiple sources. While source 2 indicates meetings continued *after* 2013, the core claim of financial enabling *until* 2013 is supported.
- Claim: Jeffrey Epstein is the century's most notorious sexual predator.
- Verification Source #1: Refers to Epstein as a 'paedophile financier'.
- Assessment: Supported. While 'most notorious' is subjective, the sources confirm Epstein's crimes were significant and widely known.
Supporting Evidence/Contradictions:
- Source 1: "One of the banks that helped protect the paedophile financier has settled a lawsuit brought by a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse."
- Source 2: "JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) bankers continued to have meetings with the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein even after the bank decided to close his accounts in 2013."