Overview
- Videos released Tuesday by the House Oversight Committee show accountant Richard Kahn and lawyer Darren Indyke telling lawmakers that federal investigators never questioned them about Jeffrey Epstein.
- The statements are driving fresh scrutiny of the Justice Department and FBI, with some members calling for renewed probes and one Democrat saying she aims to turn the released files into trials.
- Both said Epstein lent Indyke about $7 million and Kahn about $3 million, and that he left them $50 million and $25 million as stand-ins for unpaid executor fees they say they never drew.
- Public filings show the estate holds about $127 million and spends $5 million to $10 million a year on legal costs, and with pending lawsuits and a recent $35 million class settlement, payouts through Epstein’s 1953 Trust may never reach those bequests.
- Each denied witnessing abuse or knowing of crimes and said they believed Epstein after his 2008 case, while victims and a legal analyst have cited reports that Indyke told people not to speak to law enforcement.