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Again, this is the link to the letter to Black from James Comer, a hard-core Republican who chairs the subcommitte on Epstein and who, IMO, has done more to protect Epstein's friends than to expose them. It's refreshingly damning, and worth a skim.
This is a big deal, and not one I expected to see: Leon Black is very well-protected, absolutely a long-term inner-circle participant in all of Epstein's activities, credibly accused of multiple violent rapes and to top it all off, interference on Black's behalf in lawsuits against him brought by his victims.
To refresh your memory, Black was brought before the House subcommittee on Epstein in July 2026 but walked out after refusing to answer questions regarding NDAs he may have signed in regard to his involvement with Epstein, no doubt because he thinks those NDAs are protecting him.
The above-mentioned letter, as well as the subpoenas the committee issued the day Black walked out, signal the committee's willingness to go after him with what seems like renewed vigor, when in the past Black might have just seen the matter dropped, which is almost certainly what Black hoped to accomplish by walking out of that hearing in July.
Here's an excellent article on the worst of Leon Black and his interactions with Epstein, but for as long as it is, be aware that it only focuses on the victims that sued. There are even more victims in the files, especially in the witness depositions of the various lawsuits, who have not sued, possibly because they saw what Epstein and Black did to the lives of their victims who did try to obtain justice via the legal system.
Black was also featured heavily in Ron Wyden's Senate report last month following Epstein's money, which makes clear that Black directly financed much of the trafficking Epstein was committing, especially after his conviction.
But for whatever reason, Black has lost his political protection, and those who are supposed to be covering up his secrets and his culpability -- not just his activities in Epstein's direct orbit but in corrupt legal practices -- no longer are. That's the interesting part. Unusually, Leon Black has been subpoenaed for non-compliance AND the committee chair is following up on that non-compliance, and that is a rare event for the Republican-led House subcommittee following Epstein's crimes, one usually saved for overt Republican political enemies like the Clintons.
For those who remain understandably unimpressed by what they derisively call "strongly-worded letters," this one is actually a demonstration of rare political will: words are the means by which the rich wage war against each other, as well as the tools of Congress itself, and "strongly-worded letters" are what eventually end people in jail. And this particular letter is telling one of the richest and most powerful men in the country that he has lost his protection. So keep your eyes on this story: there is absolutely more to come.