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Feds card Dimon before DOJ meet

Jamie Dimon is the most visible face of Wall Street — but even he gets stopped by security.

The JPMorgan bank boss had to flash his driver’s license before he could enter the Justice Department in Washington en route to a meeting with US Attorney General Eric Holder.

The two men had a tete-a-tete for about an hour on Thursday morning to discuss a potential multibillion-dollar settlement over the bank’s handling of mortgage-backed securities before the housing bubble burst.

The nation’s biggest bank is trying to hash out a wide-ranging deal with the DOJ and other federal state and federal agencies that would resolve the bulk of its crisis-era mortgage claims.

A JPMorgan spokesman declined to comment on the meeting, but a source called it “very constructive.”

“People are talking and working together,” the source said.

Dimon’s sit-down with the DOJ highlights his push to cultivate better relationships with the bank’s watchdogs on Wall Street and in Washington.

An agreement could see JPMorgan pay $7 billion in cash and $4 billion in relief for debtholders. The ultimate bill depends on how many regulators sign on to the pact.

“It depends on what’s included and what liabilities are restricted from the agreement,” a source said.