House Holds Leon Black In Contempt

The House voted unanimously to hold billionaire investor Leon Black in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with subpoenas in its Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Black had been ordered to sit for a deposition and provide nondisclosure agreements the House Oversight Committee says matter to Epstein; instead, he sued the committee and Chair James Comer. Black says his payments to Epstein of more than $150 million bought lawful tax and estate-planning advice, and House Democrats say the payments and NDAs need deeper scrutiny. Black’s lawyers called the vote “outrageous,” while Comer and other Republicans said he defied lawful subpoenas. The referral now goes to the Justice Department, which will decide whether to prosecute.