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纽约9月15日路透电 — 美国众议院监督委员会周二投票建议认定莱昂·布莱克藐视国会，此前这位华尔街亿万富翁拒绝配合针对已故性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦活动调查的传票要求。
联合创立私募股权巨头阿波罗全球管理公司（APO.N）的布莱克，是被传唤作证其与这位已故金融家关联的多位知名政界和商界人士之一。
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委员会以41票全票通过的表决结果，将触发众议院全院投票，以简单多数门槛将此案移交司法部考虑起诉。国会藐视罪属于轻罪，最高可判处一年监禁及10万美元罚款。
2021年，一家外部律所查明布莱克曾向爱泼斯坦支付1.58亿美元用于税务和遗产规划后，他辞去了阿波罗首席执行官一职。
本月布莱克起诉该委员会，并拒绝出席作证质询。此次作证质询原定于6月他自愿到场作证之后举行，当时布莱克告诉委员会，他从未虐待女性或参与人口贩卖，也从未与未成年女性发生性关系。他否认知晓爱泼斯坦的行为。
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据委员会成员透露，布莱克在6月的采访中途离场，委员会随后下令他返回并宣誓作证，之后又发出了文件传票。
布莱克的律师周二表示，国会藐视指控决议表明委员会“无视其立法宗旨，正在滥用职权”，并补充称他们已致函国会道德办公室，要求对科默展开调查。
爱泼斯坦2019年被发现在纽约市看守所牢房内死亡，死因被裁定为自杀。
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US House committee recommends contempt of Congress for Leon Black in Epstein probe
September 15, 2026 10:04 PM UTC Updated 1 hour ago / Reuters
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 15 (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee voted to recommend holding Leon Black in contempt of Congress on Tuesday, after the Wall Street billionaire declined to comply with subpoenas as part of a probe into the activities of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Black, who co-founded private equity giant Apollo Global Management (APO.N), is among several prominent political and business figures who have been called to testify about their ties to the late financier.
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The 41-0 committee vote sets up a vote by the full House to refer the case to the Justice Department for possible prosecution under a simple majority threshold. Contempt of Congress is a misdemeanor charge that carries up to a year in prison and a fine of up to $100,000.
Black gave up his role as Apollo chief executive in 2021 after an external law firm found he had paid Epstein $158 million for tax and estate planning.
He sued the committee this month and declined to appear at a deposition. The deposition was scheduled after a voluntary appearance in June during which Black told the committee he never abused women or engaged in sex trafficking and had never had sex with underage women. He denies knowledge of Epstein’s conduct.
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He walked out during the June interview, according to members of the committee, who ordered him to come back to testify under oath and then issued subpoenas for documents.
Black’s lawyers said on Tuesday the contempt resolution showed the committee had “lost sight of its legislative purpose and (was) abusing its power”, adding they had written to ask the Office of Congressional Conduct to investigate Comer.
Epstein was found dead in a New York City jail cell in 2019, and his death was ruled a suicide.
Reporting by Isla Binnie and Nolan McCaskill; Editing by David Gregorio
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