Overview
- Videos released Tuesday by the House Oversight Committee show Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime lawyer Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn saying federal agents never interviewed them and that they saw no crimes.
- Their statements renewed scrutiny of a past Justice Department and FBI memo that described the government’s Epstein review as exhaustive, and DOJ did not comment when asked about the gap.
- Legal analyst Lisa Rubin said at least two victims told the FBI that Indyke urged them not to talk to law enforcement, and she cited a former Epstein chef who told investigators he was told to refuse contact, underscoring a conflict with Indyke’s denial.
- Kahn said he never faced questioning by authorities even after receiving grand jury subpoenas for estate records from federal prosecutors in New York and from the U.S. Virgin Islands justice officials.
- The House Oversight Committee, a congressional watchdog panel, is pushing for more records after DOJ released millions of heavily redacted files under the bipartisan Epstein Files Transparency Act, a move that could lead to more witnesses being called and more documents disclosed.