Leon Black sues US congressman Robert Garcia for $7.5m over Epstein comments

Guardian World5 November 2026, 16:44 UTCUnited States of America

Black in defamation lawsuit alleges California lawmaker made false statements about his ties to Jeffrey EpsteinBillionaire Leon Black has filed a defamation lawsuit against California congressman Robert Garcia, accusing the lawmaker, who is the top Democrat on the House oversight committee, of making false statements about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein and the disgraced financiers’s sex trafficking crimes.The filing, filed in federal court in New York on Wednesday, comes almost two months after the House voted to hold Black in contempt of Congress over his refusal to comply with subpoenas issued

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