# House votes to hold Leon Black in contempt over Epstein subpoena defiance

https://mins.news/en/item/61507

- CNBC, 2026-09-16 18:41 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/16/leon-black-contempt-house-epstein-subpoenas-refusal.html

> The House voted to hold billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress after he resisted subpoenas issued in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Black is suing the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to stop those subpoenas.

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