The document shows Jes Staley corresponding with someone using a fake John McFarlane email address, with the exchange explicitly labeled '[Prankster's email]'.
Staley was deceived into an email exchange with a prankster who was impersonating John McFarlane.
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This document is an email thread from May 10, 2017, showing Barclays executive Jes Staley being deceived by a prankster impersonating his colleague, John McFarlane. The prankster sends supportive messages about quelling "fires/thorns" and includes a bizarre poem, to which Staley responds. The document, marked "HOUSE_OVERSIGHT," indicates it was collected as evidence in a formal investigation, likely related to the public controversies Staley was facing at the time.
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This document is a news article, marked as a House Oversight exhibit, detailing an email prank on then-Barclays CEO Jes Staley on May 10, 2017. An imposter posing as Chairman John McFarlane drew effusive praise from Staley, who was under fire for trying to unmask a whistleblower. The prankster revealed the deception with an acrostic poem spelling 'Whistleblower', highlighting Staley's poor judgment, a relevant theme given investigations into his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
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