Billionaire Leon Black sues House Oversight Committee over Epstein probe

September 3, 2026 / 8:58 AM EDT / CBS News

Leon Black, an investor and former close associate of Jeffrey Epstein who was subpoenaed to appear before Congress on Thursday instead filed a lawsuit to contest the subpoenas compelling him to testify and provide documents to the House committee investigating the notorious sex abuser.

Black was subpoenaed in June after he abruptly left a voluntary appearance before the House Oversight Committee. The co-founder of Apollo Global Management, who employed Epstein and was a confidant, refused to answer questions about nondisclosure agreements during the transcribed interview. Soon after he left the interview, the committee's chair, Kentucky Rep. James Comer, announced a pair of subpoenas demanding Black return for a sworn, videotaped deposition and turn over information related to the nondisclosure agreements.

Black employed Epstein as a wealth management adviser, but also allegedly confided in him about personal matters, including extramarital affairs that ended in nondisclosure agreements.

In his lawsuit filed in D.C. federal court, Black argues the subpoenas are invalid because they bear "no legitimate connection" to the committee's legislative purpose, and that turning over nondisclosure agreements would "expose women who value their privacy, who have no known or public connection…

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