Suit asks court to declare subpoenas invalid and bar their enforcement
WASHINGTON — Billionaire investor Leon Black refused to appear Thursday for a House Oversight Committee deposition tied to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and sued the panel, asking a federal court to block the underlying subpoenas.
The House Oversight Committee served Black with the two subpoenas during a closed-door voluntary interview in June, after lawmakers said he refused to answer questions about nondisclosure agreements. One subpoena demanded that Black produce NDAs and other documents, while the other compelled him to return for the deposition before the committee.
Black’s lawsuit argues the subpoenas exceed the committee’s authority by seeking private information unrelated to Epstein or any legitimate legislative purpose. The suit asks a federal judge to declare the subpoenas invalid and prevent the committee from enforcing them.
As MSI reported in June, Black had been scheduled to appear before the same committee in a closed-door session to answer questions about his decades-long relationship with Epstein.