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The biggest bank in the United States is walking back its refusal to do business with a Missouri conservative group that forced cancellation of an event next month featuring Donald Trump Jr.

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The Defense of Liberty PAC hired WePay, a payment processor owned by JPMorgan Chase, for the Dec. 3 event at the St. Charles Convention Center, the group’s founder, former state Rep. Paul Curtman, said Wednesday.

On Nov. 9, the company notified Curtman that it had canceled the contract, refunded the $30,000 already paid for tickets and would not do business with the group in the future.

The message cited an entry placed under the general heading of “Illegal” in the WePay list of prohibited activities. . . .

On Wednesday night, after The Independent reported that the event was canceled and the reason, a spokesperson for JPMorgan Chase wrote in an email that the decision had been a mistake. . . .

In an interview before the reversal, Curtman said he was puzzled by the decision. WePay did not responded to his messages seeking more information, he said.

“My personal sense of why they did this is kind of along the same lines we have been seeing in our culture in recent years,” Curtman said. “If someone has a different idea politically, there is an attempt to silence them or shut them down.”

Trump Jr., is a target of venom from the left but popular as a speaker for conservative groups. It was going to be the second fundraising event since Defense of Liberty PAC organized in July. . . .

The political action committee held a fundraiser in August with conservative media personality Candace Owens.

That event drew about 1,200 people. The Trump Jr. appearance was expected to bring 3,000 people, Lembke said.

Lembke made the cancelation known Tuesday during an appearance on KFTK-97.1 radio in St. Louis. . . .

JPMorgan Chase has the biggest market share of deposits of any bank in the country, surpassing Bank of America this year.

The Defense of Liberty PAC hired WePay because it offered services that fit the event, Lembke and Curtman said. They could handle a variety of ticket prices and the company’s costs were reasonable, they said. . . .

The group’s events have been drawing officeholders and conservative thought leaders, with an audience from throughout the Midwest, Curtman said.

“I can’t think of a single instance where anything we have done at any one of these events violates one of their terms of service,” Curtman said. “They are trying to shut us down because they don’t like our politics.” . . .

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(Excerpt from Missouri Independent. Photo by Getty Images.)