Leading banking executives have strongly condemned the violence that erupted in Washington DC on January 6, which saw thousands of supporters of president Donald Trump storm the US Capitol Building and five people died. Bank CEOs were quick to issue public statements and have urged a peaceful of transition of power to president-elect Joe Biden on January 20.
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon described the events as unrepresentative of who the US is as a people and a country. “Our elected leaders have a responsibility to call for an end to the violence, accept the results, and, as our democracy has for hundreds of years, support the peaceful transition of power,” Mr Dimon said in a statement.
