JPMorgan admits it closed Trump’s accounts shortly after Jan. 6

Published February 21, 2026 11:36pm ET



JPMorgan Chase has admitted it closed President Donald Trump‘s accounts shortly after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, in what is the first public acknowledgment from the bank that it did so.

“In February 2021, JPMorgan informed Plaintiffs that certain accounts maintained with JPMorgan’s CB and PB would be closed,” JPMorgan’s former chief administrative officer Dan Wilkening wrote in a recent court filing, with “CB” and “PB” referring to the company’s commercial bank and private bank.

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