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Billionaire Leon Black walks out of Epstein investigation hearing
Billionaire investor Leon Black walked out of a closed-door hearing with the congressional committee investigating late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after refusing to answer questions on non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), say lawmakers.
Black, whose name comes up in the Epstein files released by the justice department, testified voluntarily. But he left after he was asked about NDAs he may have signed, the panel chairman said.
The House of Representatives Oversight Committee issued two subpoenas for Black to share NDAs and give an on-camera deposition under oath.
Black left Apollo Global Management, which he co-founded, in 2021 amid scrutiny over his Epstein ties. He denies wrongdoing.
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House committee subpoenas billionaire over nondisclosure agreements after he reportedly refused to answer questions
Billionaire financier Leon Black’s testimony before a House committee investigating Jeffrey Epstein ended abruptly on Friday morning after members from both parties said Black refused to answer questions about non-disclosure agreements.
James Comer, the Republican who chairs the committee, told reporters that the committee had already issued two subpoenas to Black on Friday – one demanding he produce any nondisclosure agreements, and another to appear again before the committee next month.
Speaking to reporters outside the room, Comer said that “the NDAs are between him and other women” and that the committee wants to know “was Jeffrey Epstein involved in the NDAs? Was he involved in writing? Was he involved in awarding funds to the women for the NDAs? … What was the reason for the NDAs? We want to know everything about the NDAs.”
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Epstein 'duped and deceived' me: billionaire investor
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Billionaire investor Leon Black has told a US congressional panel that he had no involvement or knowledge of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's "heinous conduct."
"Let me state unequivocally that I have never abused a woman. I have never been with an underage woman," Black told members of the House of Representatives' Oversight and Government Reform Committee, according to a copy of his opening statement.
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