House holds billionaire Leon Black in contempt over Epstein investigation

The full House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to hold billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress. The vote was unanimous. Black had refused to follow two legal orders from the House Oversight Committee. One order required him to answer questions under oath. The other required him to hand over certain private agreements. The committee had already voted 41-0 to recommend the charge the day before. This is the first contempt charge in the committee's investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. The case now goes to the Department of Justice, which could bring criminal charges against Black. Black paid Epstein more than 170 million dollars for financial advice and had known him since the mid-1990s.