House Oversight Threatens Apollo Founder Leon Black With Contempt After He Turns Over a Single NDA — Comer and Garcia Both Say the Nondisclosure Agreements Are the Point
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer notified Leon Black's attorney on August 18, 2026 that the committee will move toward contempt of Congress proceedings unless the Apollo Global Management co-founder produces every nondisclosure agreement he is party to and appears for a deposition on September 3. The fight dates to June 26, 2026, when Black walked out of a transcribed interview with the committee's Epstein investigation rather than answer questions about NDAs signed with women in Jeffrey Epstein's orbit. Comer issued two subpoenas the same day — one for a deposition under oath, one for the agreements. By August, Comer said, Black had produced exactly one NDA. Black's attorney, Susan Estrich, has said the agreement produced was the only one predating Epstein's death and the only one Epstein knew about, and that "Mr. Epstein had no involvement with any NDAs, whether they exist or not." The committee is investigating whether Epstein was involved in creating, negotiating, or funding the agreements. Ranking Member Robert Garcia, the committee's top Democrat, has pressed the same demand — a rare point of bipartisan agreement on a panel otherwise split over the Epstein files.
“No one is above the law. Leon Black defied two subpoenas, and the U.S. House of Representatives acted swiftly to find him in contempt of Congress.”