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Billionaire Leon Black Skips Epstein Deposition and Sues House Committee over Subpoenas
Black says the subpoenas overreach and could expose women who signed confidentiality agreements, as Democrats push contempt proceedings.
- On Thursday, billionaire investor Leon Black sued the House Oversight Committee in U.S. District Court, seeking to block two subpoenas compelling him to testify and produce nondisclosure agreements regarding his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
- After Black refused to answer questions about nondisclosure agreements during a June voluntary interview, the House Oversight Committee issued the subpoenas, marking an escalation in the ongoing disagreement between the panel and the investor.
- Black's attorney Susan Estrich claimed the panel's actions are "a fishing expedition," while Chairman James Comer stated the committee will proceed with the deposition despite Black's absence, calling the lawsuit "a shame."
- Ranking Democrat Robert Garcia called for Black to be held in contempt, accusing him of having "funded Epstein's abuse and trafficking of women" by providing over $180 million over six years.
- Black remains one of several billionaires interviewed by the committee as recent scrutiny follows the release of Epstein files implicating high-profile figures, though he previously maintained he was unaware of Epstein's crimes until 2019.
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Billionaire Leon Black sues US House committee over Epstein investigation
NEW YORK — Wall Street billionaire Leon Black on Thursday sued a congressional committee that had ordered him to provide lawmakers with copies of non-disclosure agreements as part of a probe into the activities of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Leon Black lawsuit stalls James Comer's Epstein inquiry
Business magnate Leon Black on Thursday pressed against the House oversight committee’s attempt to investigate him as part of its Jeffrey Epstein inquiry, filing a lawsuit challenging the panel’s move to summon him for testimony and unearth his nondisclosure agreements. Black, who helped found private equity behemoth Apollo Global Management, had been subpoenaed for multiple […]
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