House Oversight's Epstein probe took a turn Friday when Chairman James Comer issued two subpoenas to billionaire Leon Black during questioning, after lawmakers said Black refused to answer questions about nondisclosure agreements.
This is the Epstein universe doing what it always does: important men, enormous sums of money, sealed agreements, lawyers saying everything is misunderstood, and Congress trying to pry open the drawer marked "please do not open." Black says Epstein fooled him. Lawmakers appear interested in the paperwork that might explain exactly what $158 million worth of fooling looked like.
Epstein's friends keep insisting there is nothing to see, which is why everyone keeps asking to see it.
Previously:
• Epstein's fortune came from scaring billionaires
• DOJ took Epstein victims' testimony, then did nothing
• Epstein and a top Wall Street lawyer plotted to have a woman deported
