Billionaire Leon Black sues Congress and skips deposition over Jeffrey Epstein ties

Billionaire Leon Black has filed a lawsuit against a US Senate subcommittee and failed to appear for a scheduled deposition regarding his financial ties to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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Leon Black skipped his scheduled congressional deposition regarding his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
Leon Black filed a lawsuit against the Senate committee to block the subpoenas.

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Sep 4 · 2:41 PM
BBC News confirms billionaire Leon Black has defied a congressional summons and filed a lawsuit against the Senate subcommittee investigating his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
Sep 3 · 7:02 PM
Leon Black filed a lawsuit targeting a U.S. House panel to block subpoenas regarding his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

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Whether the Senate subcommittee will seek to hold Black in contempt of Congress.
How the federal court will rule on Black's lawsuit to block the subpoenas.

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Sep 4 · 2:41 PM
BBC News confirms billionaire Leon Black has defied a congressional summons and filed a lawsuit against the Senate subcommittee investigating his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
Sep 3 · 7:02 PM
Leon Black filed a lawsuit targeting a U.S. House panel to block subpoenas regarding his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

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