Was the bailout of Bearstearns because of Epstein?

I watched part of the interview that was released, and he mentioned that on the day the market crashed, he was on the phone with the CEO of Bear Stearns and an unnamed JPM executive. Is it possible that a big reason why JPM bought the bank was because of him?

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