All posts tagged "Leon Black"

Lawyer and journalist Katie Phang unloaded on billionaire Leon Black after the Jeffrey Epstein associate sued Congress rather than testify.

On Thursday, Black filed a 28-page complaint in federal court in Washington just hours before he was due back before the House Oversight Committee for a "continuation of his questioning," Phang explained.

In a Thursday episode of her podcast, Phang said the "billionaire buddy of Jeffrey Epstein" was supposed to "roll up today" and instead ran to court to block two subpoenas that House Oversight Chair James Comer served on him in June....

House Oversight Committee lawmakers were furious Friday after they received only one non-disclosure agreement involving Leon Black, a former associate of Jeffrey Epstein, according to reports.

The committee had issued a subpoena for Black, the Apollo Global Management founder, demanding all NDAs Black allegedly has related to the late convicted sex offender and his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, Politico reported.

A spokesperson for Chair James Comer (R-KY) did not mince words — and signaled what would come next....