📧 Communication

This document is an email chain from May 10, 2017, showing Barclays CEO Jes Staley being deceived by an email prankster impersonating Barclays Chairman John McFarlane. The prankster sends bizarre supportive messages and a poem, referencing the professional pressures ('fires/thorns') Staley was under, to which Staley replies, seemingly believing the messages are genuine. The footer 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030355' indicates this was likely an exhibit in a congressional investigation related to Staley's conduct, which included his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.