Overview
- In a voluntary, transcribed session that began June 26, Leon Black repeatedly declined to answer questions about nondisclosure agreements and left the interview after his lawyers objected.
- House Oversight lawyers served two subpoenas during the session: one ordering production of any NDAs and a second compelling Black to return for a deposition that he is scheduled to give on Sept. 3.
- The transcript shows Black acknowledged discussing at least one NDA with Jeffrey Epstein but said Epstein did not draft the agreements and that he never paid Epstein for access to women or was blackmailed by him.
- Records and reporting show Black paid Epstein unusually large sums for financial and tax work—roughly $158 million to more than $170 million—and Apollo’s 2021 Dechert review said the work was legitimate though investigators have questioned the review’s independence.
- Investigators say the NDAs could explain whether confidentiality kept survivors from speaking and the subpoenas could prompt new document disclosures, further congressional and Senate scrutiny, and changes to pending civil claims.