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Longtime Epstein Accountant Testifies Behind Closed Doors for Roughly 7 Hours in House Probe
Richard Kahn testified about Epstein's complex finances involving 64 entities and major payments from five wealthy clients, with over 44,000 documents reviewed by the committee.
- On Wednesday, Richard Kahn, Jeffrey Epstein's longtime accountant and executor of his estate, testified behind closed doors on Capitol Hill as House lawmakers probed Epstein's financial ties.
- Amid efforts to explain failures, the House Oversight Committee expanded depositions after Wexner was deposed last month to clarify Epstein's financial network and accountability for trafficking victims.
- Document analysis revealed Epstein's ties to at least 64 business entities, with investigators reviewing over 40,000 subpoenaed documents from JPMorgan Chase and Deutsche Bank, and Kahn describing Epstein's income sources.
- Rep. James Walkinshaw said Kahn managed Epstein's money and authorized payments, while Comer said witnesses have not seen Trump do anything wrong with Epstein.
- Amid high-profile names, Comer said investigators traced payments from Les Wexner, Glenn Dubin, Steven Sinofsky, Leon Black, the Rothschilds, and, according to Kahn, Epstein's ties to Ehud Barak.
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US lawmakers probe Epstein’s wealth as ex-accountant testifies on finances and ties
US House lawmakers on Wednesday examined Jeffrey Epstein’s financial empire as a committee questioned his former accountant in a closed-door deposition. Richard Kahn, an executor of Epstein’s estate, told lawmakers he had not seen evidence of abuse but described how the financier accumulated hundreds of millions and cultivated ties with powerful figures.
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Jeffrey Epstein's longtime accountant faced investigators at the Capitol for approximately seven hours on Wednesday as part of the House Oversight Committee's investigation into the late financier.
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