Billionaire Leon Black Sues House Panel, Skips Epstein Deposition

In a confrontation that reaches beyond one man's legal strategy, billionaire Leon Black has refused to appear before a House panel investigating his ties to Jeffrey Epstein and has filed suit to challenge the subpoena itself — not merely its contents. The standoff raises an enduring question about whether democratic institutions retain the power to compel accountability from those wealthy enough to litigate indefinitely. What is being tested here is not only Black's relationship with a convicted sex trafficker, but the durability of congressional authority in an era when private resources can