# Billionaire Leon Black sues US congressional panel over Epstein subpoenas

https://mins.news/en/item/44029

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-03 15:48 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/3/billionaire-leon-black-sues-us-congressional-panel-over-epstein-subpoena?traffic_source=rss

> Billionaire Leon Black has sued the US House committee investigating Jeffrey Epstein and his influential associates after skipping a scheduled deposition. Black’s lawyer called the inquiry an overreaching “fishing expedition”, while Representative Robert Garcia urged Congress to hold him in contempt for defying two subpoenas.

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