2026-09-16T21:02:12.336Z / 路透社
作者：艾拉·宾尼
2026年9月16日 美国东部时间晚上9:02 更新于2小时前
2018年5月1日，美国加利福尼亚州比弗利山庄，阿波罗全球管理有限责任公司董事长、首席执行官兼董事莱昂·布莱克在米尔肯研究院第21届全球大会上发言。路透社/露西·尼科尔森 资料图
纽约9月16日路透电 — 美国众议院周三投票认定亿万富翁莱昂·布莱克藐视国会，并将该案移交司法部，此前他拒绝配合针对已故性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的调查所发出的传票。
联合创办私人资本公司阿波罗全球管理公司（纽约证券交易所代码：APO.N）的布莱克，是被传唤作证其与这位金融家关联的多位政界和商界人士之一。
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司法部现在可以决定是否提起诉讼。藐视国会属于轻罪，最高可判处一年监禁及最高10万美元罚款。
司法部在一份声明中表示，其严肃对待藐视国会的相关指控。
司法部称：“哥伦比亚特区美国检察官办公室将仔细审查针对布莱克先生的移交案件，并且不会在证据充分的情况下犹豫提起其他相关诉讼。”
布莱克本月早些时候起诉众议院监督委员会，并拒绝出席作证会以及提交部分保密协议的传票。
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他曾于6月自愿前往该委员会作证，并向委员会表示，自己从未虐待女性、参与人口贩运或与未成年女性发生性关系。他否认知晓爱泼斯坦的行为。
据委员会成员透露，布莱克在6月的听证会期间中途离场。
布莱克的律师周三表示，“布莱克先生已向委员会提供了杰弗里·爱泼斯坦知情的唯一一份保密协议，作为布莱克先生配合委员会查明爱泼斯坦相关真相的一部分”，但“委员会仍坚持寻找不存在的信息”。
他们已要求国会道德办公室调查肯塔基州共和党议员、委员会主席詹姆斯·科默。
2021年，一家外部律所发现布莱克向爱泼斯坦支付了1.58亿美元用于税务和遗产规划后，布莱克辞去了阿波罗的首席执行官职务。
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2019年，爱泼斯坦被发现死于纽约市监狱牢房内，其死亡被裁定为自杀。
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US House votes to hold billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress
2026-09-16T21:02:12.336Z / Reuters
By Isla Binnie
September 16, 2026 9:02 PM UTC Updated 2 hours ago
Leon Black, Chairman, CEO and Director, Apollo Global Management, LLC, speaks at the Milken Institute’s 21st Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S. May 1, 2018. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo
NEW YORK, Sept 16 (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to find billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress and refer the case to the Justice Department, after he declined to comply with subpoenas as part of a probe into late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Black, who co-founded private capital firm Apollo Global Management (APO.N), is among several political and business figures who have been called to testify about their ties to the financier.
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The Justice Department can now decide whether to prosecute. Contempt of Congress is a misdemeanor offense that carries up to a year in prison and a fine of up to $100,000.
The Justice Department said, in a statement, that it takes allegations of contempt of Congress seriously.
“The US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia will review the referral of Mr. Black carefully and will not hesitate to pursue additional cases where the evidence supports,” the department said.
Black sued the House Oversight Committee earlier this month and refused a summons to appear at a deposition and to hand over some non-disclosure agreements.
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He had appeared voluntarily in front of the committee in June, and told them he had never abused women, engaged in sex trafficking, or had sex with underage women. He denies he knew about Epstein’s conduct.
Black walked out during the June interview, according to members of the committee.
Black’s lawyers said on Wednesday that “Mr. Black provided the Committee with the only confidentiality agreement that Jeffrey Epstein knew about as part of Mr. Black’s cooperation with the Committee’s efforts to ferret out the truth about Epstein,” but “the Committee has continued to insist on looking for information that does not exist.”
They have asked the Office of Congressional Conduct to investigate committee Chairman James Comer, a Kentucky Republican.
Black stepped down from his chief executive role at Apollo in 2021 after an external law firm found he had paid Epstein $158 million for tax and estate planning.
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Epstein was found dead in a New York City jail cell in 2019, and his death was ruled a suicide.
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Reporting by Isla Binnie; additional reporting by Andrew Goudsward; editing by Andy Sullivan and Rod Nickel
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