JPMorgan Chase Chairman, President and CEO Jamie Dimon, arrives at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, Sept. An $11 billion national settlement is under discussion to resolve claims over JPMorgan's handling of mortgage-backed securities in the run-up to the recession, said a government official familiar with ongoing negotiations among bank, federal and New York state officials. JPMorgan Chase Chairman, President and CEO Jamie Dimon, leaves the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, Sept. An $11 billion national settlement is under discussion to resolve claims over JPMorgan's handling of mortgage-backed securities in the run-up to the recession, said a government official familiar with ongoing negotiations among bank, federal and New York state officials. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) JPMorgan Chase Chairman, President and CEO Jamie Dimon presents his driver's license to Justice Department security officer G. Rocher, as he arrives at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, Sept. WASHINGTON (AP) - JPMorgan chief executive Jamie Dimon met Thursday with Attorney General Eric Holder about an investigation into the company's handling of mortgage-backed securities in the run-up to the recession. Holder declined to characterize the hourlong discussions, but a government official familiar with ongoing negotiations said an $11 billion national settlement is under review to resolve claims against JPMorgan. "I did meet with representatives of JPMorgan," the attorney general said during a news conference being held on another topic. We have matters that are under investigation. I expect to be making further announcements in the coming weeks, the coming months," Holder said. His comment was a general reference to probes the Justice Department has been carrying out for several years involving some of the nation's largest financial institutions, including JPMorgan. Before and after the meeting with Holder, Dimon declined to answer when asked about the state of the discussions. Other participants in the discussion were Steve Cutler, JPMorgan's general counsel, and Rodgin Cohen, a partner in the Sullivan & Cromwell law firm. For the Justice Department, Deputy Attorney General James Cole and Associate Attorney General Tony West also participated. The Department of Justice is taking the lead on the proposed $11 billion deal, which would include $7 billion in cash and $4 billion in consumer relief, said the government official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because a settlement hasn't been reached and the official wasn't authorized to discuss it publicly. The mortgage-backed securities lost value after a bubble in the housing market burst and helped spur the financial crisis. In January 2012, a task force of federal and state law enforcement officials was established to pursue wrongdoing with regard to mortgage securities. In other cases, the Justice Department last month accused Bank of America Corp. of civil fraud in failing to disclose risks and misleading investors in its sale of $850 million in mortgage bonds in 2008. JPMorgan came through the financial crisis in better shape than most of its rivals, and CEO Dimon had charmed lawmakers and commanded the attention of regulators in Washington. Together they have paid hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties to settle civil charges brought by the SEC, which accused them of deceiving investors about the quality of the bonds they sold.