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The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to hold billionaire investor Leon Black in contempt of Congress over his refusal to comply with subpoenas issued to him by the House oversight committee as part of its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
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House → vote → Epstein
The action came a day after the committee voted unanimously to recommend that the House hold Black in contempt.
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House → come → contempt
Wednesday’s House vote passed under unanimous consent, meaning there was not a formal roll call, but no member objected to the contempt resolution.
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member → pass → resolution
The Department of Justice will now decide whether to take action on the resolution, though it is not required to.
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it → decide → resolution
Congress held former attorney general Merrick Garland in contempt in 2024, but DoJ did not act on it.
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DoJ → hold → it
But it did prosecute Trump advisers Peter Navarro and Steve Bannon after Congressional referrals for contempt, and both men served prison time.
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men → prosecute → time
Black, whose name came up repeatedly in the Epstein files, and who, as reported by the New York Times, paid Epstein a total of $170m for what he described as tax and estate planning services from 2013 to 2017, first voluntarily appeared before the committee for a transcribed interview as part of its investigation in June, but the session ended abruptly after lawmakers from both parties said that Black refused to answer questions about NDAs.
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Black → come → NDAs
Black has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and said he had no knowledge of Epstein’s criminal activities.
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he → deny → activities
His lawyers criticized the contempt resolution shortly after it passed Wednesday.
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it → criticize → resolution
“This an outrageous action that ignores the facts and the truth about Mr Black.
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that → ignore → Black
The House of Representatives has rushed through every stage of this inquiry,” they said.
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they → rush → inquiry
“We intend to pursue our litigation challenging this action and will hold the committee and Chairman Comer accountable in the courts.”
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committee → intend → courts
The committee, chaired by Republican representative James Comer, then issued two subpoenas: one demanding that Black produce all NDAs “to which he is a party” and another requiring him to appear before the committee again for a deposition.
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him → chair → deposition
Black did not appear for his scheduled 3 September deposition and did not produce all of the NDAs sought by the committee.
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Black → appear → committee
He instead sued Comer and the committee, arguing that the subpoenas were “invalid” and exceeded the committee’s “delegated authority in seeking private information that bears no legitimate connection” to its legislative purpose.
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that → sue → purpose
He also argued that the subpoenas would “expose women who value their privacy, who have no known or public connection to Epstein”.
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who → argue → Epstein
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