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The Guardian - US
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Victoria Bekiempis and Anna Betts

Leon Black fails to appear for US House deposition about Epstein ties

a man in a suit and sunglasses walks past a metal detector
Leon Black arrives for a closed-door interview with the House oversight committee at the Capitol in Washington DC on 26 June. Photograph: J Scott Applewhite/AP

The billionaire financier Leon Black did not appear on Thursday in front of the House oversight committee for a scheduled deposition about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, and has instead launched a lawsuit against the committee arguing that it does not have the authority to compel him to turn over non-disclosure agreements.

Black was a top Epstein client over several years, and the committee is investigating the men’s relationship as well as the existence of any NDAs to which Black is a party.

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