Maine university president walks back praise of Epstein-linked trustee

The Bowdoin College president who described a trustee who was friends pinch Jeffrey Epstein arsenic representing "all that is awesome astir Bowdoin" now says he was "clearly wrong" since caller specifications person travel to ray successful a lawsuit.

Newly unredacted portions of a suit against JPMorgan Chase show that immoderate of nan emails traded betwixt erstwhile Bowdoin Trustee James "Jes" Staley and Jeffrey Epstein see intersexual contented and photos of young women.

Staley, a trustee from 2007 to 2021, led nan wide arts college’s statesmanlike search, resulting successful nan hiring of existent President Clayton Rose.

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Bowdoin investigated Staley’s narration pinch Epstein aft Epstein's arrest for national activity trafficking charges successful 2019, and decided Staley should stay connected nan the assemblage Board of Trustees. That aforesaid year, astir a period earlier Epstein's arrest, Rose had introduced Staley astatine an event, saying he "represents each that is awesome astir Bowdoin and nan civilization and values here."

Bowdoin College's president apologized for praising a trustee who is now a known subordinate of Jeffrey Epstein.

In 2021, Staley resigned from Bowdoin’s committee nan aforesaid time he stepped down arsenic CEO of London-based Barclays Bank.

Rose changed his sentiment aft nan emails from 2009 and 2010 that were revealed successful national tribunal bespeak that Staley described his narration pinch Epstein arsenic "profound," and that nan 2 exchanged intersexual contented and photos of young women and referred to women arsenic Disney characters for illustration Snow White.

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In a missive to nan Bowdoin community, Rose described those emails arsenic "deeply disturbing" and said that he didn't understand nan extent of Staley's narration pinch Epstein. "I was intelligibly wrong," he said.

Staley erstwhile managed Epstein's finances and antecedently said his past interaction pinch Epstein was successful 2015. Staley’s lawyer declined remark connected Monday.

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Staley is not a statement to nan suit brought by nan U.S. Virgin Islands against his erstwhile employer, accusing J.P. Morgan of helping Epstein utilization women and girls. Staley was a erstwhile executive astatine some J.P. Morgan and Barclays.