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Coverage dated July 24, 2023

Senate panel probes billionaire Leon Black's $158 million in payments to Jeffrey Epstein

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The Senate Finance Committee revealed an investigation into Apollo Global Management co-founder Leon Black’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

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  1. NBC New York

    Senate panel probes billionaire Leon Black's $158 million in payments to Jeffrey Epstein (opens NBC New York)

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    The Senate Finance Committee revealed an investigation into Apollo Global Management co-founder Leon Black’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

  2. New York Times

    Senate Committee Presses Leon Black on Epstein Tax Advice (opens New York Times)

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    The billionaire investor paid Jeffrey Epstein $158 million for tax and estate planning services. Lawmakers want to know if the fees should have been taxed as a gift.

  3. Washington Examiner

    Senate panel probing billionaire Apollo co-founder Leon Black's Jeffrey Epstein ties (opens Washington Examiner)

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    A Senate panel is investigating billionaire Apollo Global Management co-founder Leon Black’s $158 million in payments to the late, disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, it revealed in a letter to the private equity scion on Tuesday.

  4. CNN

    Billionaire Leon Black made a $158 million payment to Jeffrey Epstein. Senators want to know why (opens CNN)

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    The Senate Finance Committee is looking into whether billionaire investor Leon Black’s $158 million payment to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein was part of a greater strategy to avoid paying over $1 billion in federal gift and estate taxes.

  5. New York Post

    Leon Black’s financial ties to Jeffrey Epstein probed by Senate panel (opens New York Post)

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    The Senate panel said that a reported $158M of payments in several installments from 2012 to 2017 by Black to Epstein for financial advice seemed “inexplicably large.”

  6. Wall Street Journal

    Senate Panel Probes Leon Black’s Financial Ties to Epstein, Tax Maneuvers (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    Finance Committee seeks more detail from ex-Apollo CEO on Jeffrey Epstein’s tax advice.

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