Government

Judge Orders Depositions of Former V.I. Attorneys General and Probe into Cecile de Jongh's Employment

The presiding judge in the civil litigation between the government of the Virgin Islands and JPMorgan, in which former JPMorgan banking executive Jes Staley is a third party-defendant, has ruled on two motions that were filed by the bank and by Staley, respectively.  In the matter of depositions of witnesses presented by the Government of the Virgin Islands who the bank claims were completely ill-prepared to answer basic questions, Judge Jed Rakoff decided on Thursday that the USVI must now present a properly-prepared witness to answer questions on two topics: what monetary relief the government sought in its claim against Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, and how the proceeds of that settlement are planning to be used, as well as how much relevant government officials knew about Cecile de Jongh’s employment with one of Epstein’s USVI-registered businesses.The USVI must also make available former Attorneys General Vincent Frazer, Denise George, and Carol Thomas-Jacobs to answer questions abou...