Billionaire Leon Black who paid Jeffrey Epstein a staggering $170 million for tax and estate planning services, refused to answer questions about secret non-disclosure agreements he signed with women who accused him of sexual abuse connected to Epstein.
House Oversight Chairman Comer issued a subpoena on the spot demanding the NDAs and ordered Black to return for another deposition, and Black simply got up and walked out of the interview.
His attorney called the subpoena a “political stunt” and insisted Black “never abused a woman.”
Lest we forget, Black was forced to step down from his company in 2021 over his Epstein connection, and has been accused by multiple women of sexual abuse linked to Epstein (which he denies).
Black allegedly signed non-disclosure agreements (hush-money deals) with several of the women, who were part of Epstein’s stable, who claimed he sexually abused or exploited them in situations connected to the late pedophile.
The NDAs were meant to keep them silent about their allegations against Black in exchange for big money. Comer’s committee wants to know whether Epstein was in any way involved in these NDAs, or payments to the women.
But the real story here is that Comer, one of Donald Trump’s most loyal congressional attack dogs, gets to take credit for finally being “tough on Epstein” by chasing down someone who is NOT closely connected to Trump.
Despite the big show by Comer, we shouldn’t expect this investigation to ever get anywhere near Trump himself or his closest cronies.
It’s really a classic Washington con of selective outrage from Comer that appears to hold the powerful accountable while "digging into" the Epstein case, when in reality he is still protecting Trump and his close associates from scrutiny in the case.
The rich and powerful are once again circling the wagons to shield their secrets, and Comer is happy to play along … until the investigation gets too close to Trump.
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