House committee subpoenas billionaire investor midway through Epstein testimony: report

Billionaire investor Leon Black was reportedly hit with subpoenas from the House Oversight Committee midway through testimony on his relationship with late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The move came after Black, the co-founder of Apollo Global Management, refused to answer lawmakers’ questions about possible non-disclosure deals between him and women connected to Epstein, according to Politico.Black is now set to come back to Congress for videotaped testimony under oath on July 16, per one of the subpoenas.The other one demands the possible NDAs.“We believe that information is vital to our investigation,” Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky) was quoted as saying.

“We want to know, was Jeffrey Epstein involved in the NDAs? … Was he involved in awarding [of] funds to the women for the NDAs? What was the reason for the NDAs?”The investor earlier told the committee in a closed-door deposition that he’d played no part in Epstein’s sex-trafficking scheme, according to a copy of his prepared remarks obtained by The Post.A lawyer for Black voiced outrage over the subpoenas.“Mr.

Black came here voluntarily to assist the Committee.  This was nothing more than a planned political stunt.Mr.

Epstein had no involvement with any NDA’s, whether they exist or not,” attorney Susan Estrich said in a statement.“Let me reiterate, the Committee did not ask a single question about the legitimate payments to Epstein for professional services on tax and estate matters.”One of Epstein’s biggest clients, Black told the committee he’d been deceived by a man he had hired for tax advice.“I have never abused a woman,” he said, according to the prepared remarks.

“I have never been with an underage woman.I have never engaged in sex trafficking.”Black also denied paying Epstein for access to women, insisting he had never been blackmailed.“I was not involved with, and had no knowledge of, any of Epstein’s heinous conduct,” he sa...