aware of the conclusions of the investigation, and mr staley s intention to contest the findings. our business editor simonjack is here. what did the regulators find that meant he had to go? before jes staley joined beforejes staleyjoined barclays in 2015 he worked atjpmorgan where jeffrey epstein was an important client, and he doesn t deny he had a relationship with him but he said the contact was frequent but always very professional. the regulator has found that looking at e mails between them, they said the volume of them and the tone of them suggests the relationship was a lot closer than jes staley suggests the relationship was a lot closer thanjes staley had told the board of barclays. this is the second time he has had a run in with the regulators and he was censured and fined for trying to track down a whistle blower and although he says he will contest these findings, the board and jes staley felt it was difficult for him to run the bank if he is in open dispute with the reg