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President Donald Trump mentioned Saturday he plans to sue JPMorgan Chase, accusing the banking large of improperly chopping off his accounts within the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol protest.
Trump made the allegation in a prolonged put up on Fact Social, the place he additionally denied a report that claimed he had provided JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon the job of Federal Reserve chair.
Trump additionally pushed again on recommendations that he had thought of Dimon for Treasury secretary, saying he already has Scott Bessent within the function.
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President Donald Trump says he plans to sue JPMorgan Chase, accusing the financial institution of improperly chopping off his accounts after Jan. 6. File picture. (Tim Clayton/Corbis through Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)
“The issue is, I’ve Scott Bessent doing a improbable job, A SUPERSTAR — Why would I give it to Jamie? No such supply was made there, and even considered, both,” Trump wrote.
Trump went on to defend those that protested on Jan. 6, writing, “a protest that turned out to be appropriate for these doing the protesting — The Election was RIGGED!”
Dimon rejected that declare in a press release, telling Fox Enterprise in a press release that, “There was no job supply. I’ve huge respect for Secretary Bessent and suppose he is doing a wonderful job for our nation — higher than I might have.”
Violent protests broke out in Washington, D.C., as Congress licensed the Electoral Faculty votes for President Joe Biden. Some Trump supporters had referred to as on then-Vice President Mike Pence to return the 2020 election outcomes to state legislatures for additional assessment. Trump critics accused the then president of inciting the violence, resulting in his impeachment by the Home. He was later acquitted by the Senate.
Trump additionally denied a Wall Road Journal report claiming he provided JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon the Fed chair place. (MICHEL EULER/POOL/AFP through Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)
Trump was additionally banned from a number of social media platforms within the wake of the riot.
Trump has publicly mentioned in interviews that JPMorgan Chase gave him a deadline, reportedly 20 days, to maneuver a whole bunch of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} and successfully severed his accounts after Jan. 6. He additionally mentioned Financial institution of America later refused to just accept massive deposits when he tried to financial institution elsewhere.
In a press release to Fox Enterprise, JPMorgan Chase spokesperson Trish Wexler mentioned, “Serving greater than 80 million Individuals is our privilege and we agree that nobody’s account ought to ever be closed due to political or spiritual beliefs. We admire that this Administration has moved to handle political debanking and we help these efforts.”
Dimon final yr denied that the financial institution debanks conservatives or prospects based mostly on political beliefs.
President Donald Trump accused the banking large of improperly chopping off his accounts within the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol protest. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)
“We do not debank individuals due to political or spiritual affiliations,” Dimon informed FOX Enterprise on Capitol Hill on Feb. 13, 2025. “However there are loads of issues that may be fastened. We must always repair them. The guidelines and necessities are so onerous, and it does trigger individuals to be debanked in my view, shouldn’t be debated.”
When requested whether or not banking regulators have been primarily guilty for debanking issues, Dimon replied, “Just about, yeah.”
Financial institution of America CEO Brian Moynihan, who has additionally confronted scrutiny from the White Home over debanking allegations, provided an identical response in a separate FOX Enterprise interview that day.
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“We’ve 70 million prospects, and we’re glad to serve anybody,” Moynihan mentioned.
When pressed on President Trump’s allegations, Moynihan declined to elaborate, telling Fox Enterprise, “You’d have to speak to him about that thanks.”
