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Wall Street bosses slam mob violence in Washington

By

Paul Clarke

Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan and Michael Corbat, chief executive officer of Citigroup, have both strongly condemned the violent actions of the mob that stormed the US Congress Capitol building on 6 January in an attempt to disrupt the certifying of Joe Biden as the next US president.
Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan and Michael Corbat, chief executive officer of Citigroup, have both strongly condemned the violent actions of the mob that stormed the US Congress Capitol building on 6 January in an attempt to disrupt the certifying of Joe Biden as the next US president. Photo: Getty Images

The chief executives of the some of Wall Street's biggest companies have slammed pro-Trump protests in Washington after thousands of protesters stormed the US Capitol, bringing a halt to the formal confirmation of the president's election defeat.

Michael Corbat, the chief executive of Citigroup, said he was "disgusted" by the actions of the protesters, who overcame barriers to enter US Congress as it looked to endorse Joe Biden, egged on by Trump himself over Twitter.

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