The NewsJames E. Staley, the former top JPMorgan Chase executive who was closest to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein at the bank, relied on him for many years as almost something of a personal adviser, a document shows.The two men discussed a wide variety of topics in emails, including a potential meeting between Chinese officials and executives of the nation’s largest bank, business deals that Mr. Staley was working on, a potential promotion for Mr. Staley and the fallout from the 2008 financial crisis, according to a document the bank prepared shortly after Mr. Epstein’s arrest in 2019 on federal sex-trafficking charges.The document, reviewed by The New York Times and included as a sealed exhibit in a court filing, …
