Epstein Co-Conspirator Tries to Hide the Truth!

0:00A billionaire tie to Jeffrey Epstein is suing Congress to keep his secret sealed. A Republican senator just told Trump to fire his own defense secretary, Mitch McConnell, has been missing from public life for 80 straight days. I have the latest right now, and this update, well, it's critical, especially as it relates the Epstein survivors who signed NDAs. Because today we're going to talk about a man named Leon Black. You may not know that name. You may not have heard that name. But he is an alleged co-conspirator of Jeffrey Epstein's according to a member of Congress. He holds the keys to a lot of what we want to know. This is an update that's not going to be, it's going to ruffle some feathers to put it lightly. So if you can, subscribe to support this work. Like, comment, share, get the word out. And let's start with the story that keeps getting stranger. Leon Black, the billionaire co-founder of Apollo Management, and a man congressman Thomas Matt C. Has named as one of 14 possible Epstein conspirators, has now sued the House

1:02Oversight Committee, filing a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief. His goal, block subpoenas tied to his deposition testimony, and more importantly, subpoenas trying to obtain the non-disclosure agreements he signed with women. Black's lawyers argue these subpoenas lack a quote, legitimate legislative purpose, and that Congress is exceeding its authority. This lawsuit dropped right before Black was facing a scheduled deposition, after he refused back in June to answer questions about those very same NDAs. You may ask, why does Congress even care? And this is the part of the story you won't really hear about today. Between 2012 and 2017, Black paid Epstein a jaw-dropping $158 million. You often say follow the money, and while Leon Black paid Epstein a lot of it. And you may want to know why. Epstein called it, quote, tax in a state planning art, literally. In one email, Epstein wrote, quote, the value is in the eye of the beholder.

2:07Even Epstein himself seemed to struggle justifying the enormous $158 million V. Senator Ron White and released a report that added fuel to the fire. He found that Bank of America flagged $170 million. Its suspicious Epstein-related transactions connected to Black, and some of them in the bank's own words had no apparent economic, business, or lawful purpose. White and has said flatly that he believes at least some of those payments functioned as hush money. Now Apollo commissioned its own investigation in 2021 through a law firm, Deckert, a report clearing Black of wrongdoing. The claimed Epstein's tax strategy saved Black summer between $1 to $2 billion. But here's the catch. Outside lawyers who reviewed the same material told Bloomberg that most of these techniques were pretty standard as state planning tools. Not the groundbreaking financial wizardry Deckert made them out to be. Let's look at the actual transaction at the center of this. Back in 2012, Black had a real problem. This family trust had overpaid him by $142 million in that mistake, while it put him at

3:11risk of a clawback that could have cost up to $1 billion in a state taxes. Epstein's fix was to have Black give up future distributions from the trust in exchange for swapping out the trust $1.6 billion Apollo stock state for a promissory note backed by art and stock. Deckert called this move a maneuver a grand slam. But Bloomberg's reporting found the core technique, something called a power of substitution, was already a well-known estate planning tool. In fact, Black's own long-time lawyer had given a presentation on it almost a decade before Epstein ever touched the file. Epstein also helped Black extract tax benefits through valuation discounts on subdivided Apollo shares and through 2015 and 2016 deal involving Black's art book company, Fade on. The deal sold a stake in Fade on at a reduced valuation to Black's own employee, and his brother Amal, a related party transaction so questionable that one outside lawyer warned a contrigger in IRS audit and quote an embarrassing article in the Wall Street Journal.

4:13The deal eventually closed in a revised form saving Black about $11.6 million in taxes, but disputes over fees tied to these deals, especially Fade on became a major source of tension between the two men. And the tension is really what ended the friendship. See, in 2016 Epstein personally bought two of Black's artworks for $30 million to help Black defer capital gains taxes. Epstein then struggled to resell them and at one point complained almost pedally that Black had him offered to buy him lunch. Records show both men treated Epstein's reimbursement demand as a $30.5 million loan. Epstein paid back just $10 million of it. He also hinted at leverage, warning that disclosing details of the deal would quote cost to more than the 30 and would expose other shady transactions from their past. According to Decorate's own report, it was Epstein's failure to repay that loan that finally led to Black ties. And just weeks later, renewed reporting on Epstein's criminal conduct exploded into the headlines. So now, years later, Congress wants answers and we on Black despiteing in court to make

5:16sure they don't get them. This deposition, at least right now, isn't happening. But Thomas Massey, naming Lee on Black as one of 14 co-conspirators, did happen. For what purpose does the gentleman from Kentucky seek recognition? The gentleman has been sentenced to death for one minute. Without objection, the gentleman has recognized for one minute. Mr. Speaker, it's been a year since the President signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act. And the government continues to withhold over 3 million files. That's why we've introduced the Epstein Files Transparency Act too, to bring the fight to the state courts, accountability to the Department of Justice, and closure for survivors. We want perpetrators of these crimes to be investigated and prosecuted. Men like Jess Staley, Leon Black, Les Wexner, David Copperfield, Lapo Elkham, Tom Pritzker, Glenn Dubin, Frederick Fakai, Eduardo Teodoroni, John Luke Brunel, conveniently dead by suicide

6:18in prison. Daniel C. Yon recently discovered dead in Paris, Ramsey, Elkoli, and Prince Andrew, who committed sex crimes in the United States too. And women like Leslie Groff, not a victim, who conspired with Epstein to traffic other women. Perhaps hearing these names will shame the Department of Justice into delivering justice. That's directly from Thomas Massey. Now, it comes as pressure is mounting in defense Secretary Pete Hexeth, and it's coming from his own party. Today, Tom Tillus, a senator from North Carolina who voted for Pete Hexeth, has come out arguing that Donald Trump should replace the Secretary of Defense, saying, quote, I urge the president to find a new leader at the Pentagon who will retain and empower our military talent, rather than diminishing it. If you want to look at all the people resigned or gone over the past year, well, the Pentagon has had a wave of resignation. Do you have Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, Army Chief of Staff General Randy George, General Christopher Donahue, Vice Chief General James Mingus, Navy Secretary John Fielin?

7:22And let's not forget the 2015 purge, 2025 purge that removed Joint Chief Chairman CQ Brown Jr., Admiral Lisa Franchetti, and General James Slyph, all in one fell swoop. And it comes as we are waiting to hear more about Mitch McConnell, 80 days out of public view I have gone to his office multiple times, finding a guard guarded by unmasked SUVs and Capitol police with Curtain Strong. The Senate comes back into session in 11 days on September 14th. There are rumors that Mitch McConnell may be back. I don't know that to be true and I will continue pressing for answers. If you want to support this work, please make sure to subscribe today. Like, comment, share, and I'll see you soon.