Wall Street billionaire Leon Black on Thursday sued a congressional committee that had ordered him to provide lawmakers with copies of non-disclosure agreements as part of a probe into the activities of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
In June, Black refused to answer questions from lawmakers about victims of Epstein's abuse and the agreements. He declined to appear at a deposition the committee had scheduled for Thursday. He accused lawmakers of exceeding their constitutional authority when they subpoenaed him to provide the agreements.
In a complaint filed in Washington federal court, Black alleged that the House Oversight Committee and its chairman James Comer weaponized a voluntary June interview to launch an unlawful "fishing expedition."
7 Comments
RaoulDook@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2d
OK, let's see what the discovery process looks like. Should be interesting considering that billionaire bastard's name is all over the Epstein files, and has been already named as one of the main Epstein Client List people in multiple congressional investigations.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 2d
They're getting closer.
Pictsong@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2d
Thank you Billionaire McDipshit, for keeping the spotlight on the Epstein Files!
vk6flab@lemmy.radio · 8 pts · 2d
Until just now I'd never heard of Leon Black, seems he's never heard of the Streisand effect.
I wonder who else is hidden away in the Epstein files.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2d
He's wealthy because he's an og financial douche-bro.
Here's more:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Black
Asafum@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2d
"How dare they violate American Law©®™ by attempting to hold a billionaire responsible! This is an outrage! We're immune from all repercussions, economic or otherwise!"
HubertManne@piefed.social · 2 pts · 2d
this sounds like a good reason to not allow non disclosure agreements.