Dimon on JPMorgan Chase not donating to White House ballroom: 'We have an issue'

[orangecrush]

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on Wednesday said his company will not donate money toward the White House’s ballroom construction, where the East Wing once stood.

In an interview with Dimon, CNN anchor Erin Burnett noted how JPMorgan Chase was not listed among the companies that have donated toward the project.

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“We have an issue, OK, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful about how anything is perceived,” Dimon said. “And also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.”


https://thehill.com/business/5593632-dimon-jpmorgan-white-house-ballroom/


“And also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it."

[UpInArms]

1. Looking toward a future without criminals in our highest office

Thanks, Jamie

Me, too

[orangecrush]

2. It's called foresight

And dare I say, integrity.

[PatSeg]

25. At least someone has some foresight

This party ain't gonna last forever and some people need to be looking ahead.

[JT45242]

3. Perhaps there is communicatiom that would make bribery charges easy to stick since this is before hand and not a "tip"

When JP Morgan as a company has the strongest moral and ethical compass -- let that sink in after the mortgage bubble, junk bonds, etc -- where is this country?

[sop]

4. Imagine how many Special Prosecutors the next DOJ will have to appoint.

[Prairie Gates]

6. Nope: in house prosecutions

1. Any ICE agent who acted illegally under the color of law.
2. Any federal employee or agency head who broke the law
3. Any official who took any kind of prohibited bribe, gift, or donation whatsoever.
4. Any official who broke or directed others to break the Hatch Act by illegally using a federal agency for the purpose of political advocacy.

Put them all in the federal penitentiary.

This should be a top-level item in the Dem platform.

[sop]

10. Trump's going to need about a hundred Autopen machines to sign all the pardons.

[orangecrush]

12. I like it

[Blues Heron]

5. Maybe they can contribute to rebuilding the East wing when this Nazi shit is over

[orangecrush]

13. Good idea

[Baitball Blogger]

7. Finally. They have figured out that there will be life after Trump.

[orangecrush]

14. My take as well.

[Scrivener7]

8. Profile in courage, that one.

[2naSalit]

9. YNS...

Yeah, no shit!

The first time I appreciate anything that guy has ever said. Perhaps his head isn't all the way up his ass.

[BaronChocula]

16. Or the Dark Lard-Ass's colon n/t

[2naSalit]

17. To be fair...

I didn't identify whose ass.

[BaronChocula]

18. So technically

Dimon could still have his head up his own

[2naSalit]

19. Indeed...

Where it spends a lot of time already.

[Roxi]

11. That last line gives me a modicum of hope

It’s nice to know someone is thinking about the future.

[Bev54]

15. That is the way most banks should be. I know when I worked for the Bank in Canada, all banks would

contribute the maximum to each major party to avoid any partisanship.

[D_Master81]

20. Hilarious

If there’s nothing wrong and it’s totally on the up and up why worry about future DOJ investigations? Basically admitting this whole ballroom sham is just a pay to play with the current, corrupt administration and once someone in there with actual ethics starts looking into it it would be bad for them.

[Bluetus]

21. 18 U.S. Code § 201

18 U.S. Code § 201 prohibits giving/receiving anything of value to influence public officials, their acts, or witness testimony, or to commit fraud.

Criminal penalties, 15 years.

That's a clue. Instead of the usual, "We're looking forward, not back, let bygones be bygones" line, prominent Dems should be putting these people on notice that this has every appearance of a criminal act and will be treated as such in the next administration.if these people don't clean up their acts. When they go on media programs, they should specifically mention this statute in a discussion of the rule of law.

Likewise, everything the ICA agents are doing is on video. If they are committing illegal acts, the acants and the entire chain of command will be held responsible.

[xuplate]

22. Chase has standards???

[3825-87867]

23. A 2028 Democratic Triumvirate

With Elizabeth Warren asking corporations, "Can you say anti-trust?"
And our new President asking corporations, "Can you say Nationalize?"
And of course, the new DOJ asking ICE , Homan and Miller, "Can you say Nuremberg II?"
And what to do with the common magat/racist/fascists? Asking for Benito.

[Cha]

24. Whoa Looking Ahead! TY!

[rurallib]

26. Bribery and extortion will look bad in daylight