Monday, May 21, 2012

JP Morgan’s Dimon to be called to testify


Talk about taking your punishment like a man, according to Politico, JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon will be called to testify before the Senate Banking Committee in the coming weeks, the panel’s chairman announced Thursday — and Dimon plans to accept.

Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) said Dimon – whose firm has been under intense scrutiny after the billions of trading losses it sustained – will be invited to speak before his committee after it holds a pair of hearings on Wall Street oversight.  “Our due diligence has made it clear that the Banking Committee should hear directly from JPMorgan Chase’s CEO Jamie Dimon,” Johnson said in a statement Thursday.

Dimon will agree to appear before the panel, a company spokeswoman said.  “As always, we will continue to be open and transparent with our regulators and Congress,” said the spokeswoman, Jennifer Zuccarelli.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0512/76454.html#ixzz1vWB4DkXS

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