Black and Congress are on a collision course.
We have long been reporting here on TGP about the relationship between billionaire investor Leon Black and late sex offender (and accused sex trafficker) Jeffrey Epstein.
After many years plagued by the association with Epstein, having paid a multi-millionaire sum to settle lawsuits brought by the US Virgin Islands, Black appeared to have had enough, and is suing the House Oversight Committee for subpoenaing him to testify in their review.
Leon has said he didn’t know how much he paid Epstein over the years, but a law firm hired to investigate the matter reported that the total was $158 million.
That makes him the second biggest Jeffrey Epstein client ever, after only Victoria’s Secret founder Les Wexner.
After the Oversight Committee unanimously recommended that the billionaire be found in contempt of Congress, the House plenary did just that, and approved a resolution yesterday (16) holding Leon Black in contempt of Congress and referring the matter to the Department of Justice.
Leon Black defied lawful subpoenas and tried to hide behind litigation to avoid answering our questions about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
The House approved by unanimous consent to hold him in contempt of Congress.
No one is above the law. pic.twitter.com/rDOCUWNAFp
— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) September 16, 2026
Associated Press reported:
“The action was swift, and without a formal vote, and now leaves it to the Justice Department to decide whether to seek criminal prosecution. Black has refused to respond to the subpoenas’ requests to appear and to turn over any potential nondisclosure agreements involving the investigation into Epstein.
Republicans and Democrats from the Oversight Committee joined in a bipartisan effort to advance the resolution forward.
‘No one is above the law’, Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., the Oversight Committee chairman, said in a statement. ‘We will continue to seek transparency for the American people and justice for survivors in our investigation of the federal government’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell criminal cases’.”
Watch: James Comer, Oversight Committee chairman.
House Oversight Committee votes to recommend that the House find Leon Black in contempt of congress. 41-0 pic.twitter.com/THpvs3lG81
— Acyn (@Acyn) September 15, 2026
“Black’s lawyers have denounced the Oversight Committee’s pursuit of the former head of a private equity firm as an abuse of congressional power. They said he ‘had no knowledge of any of Epstein’s heinous conduct’.
‘The Committee has continued to insist on looking for information that does not exist’, attorneys Susan Estrich and Aaron Cutler said in a statement. They called the action ‘politically motivated’ and have sued the committee and asked the Office of Congressional Conduct to open a probe into Comer’s tactics.”
NEW: Congress is going to war with Jeffrey Epstein patron Leon Black.
Black sued rather than comply with congressional subpoenas for his NDAs.
Now, the House voted to hold Black in contempt, and @RepJamesComer proposed a law allowing sexual abuse victims to break NDAs. pic.twitter.com/RJlBNbzj7M
— Jacob Shamsian ⚖️ (@JayShams) September 16, 2026
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