According to CNBC, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee voted 41-0 on Tuesday to recommend that the full House hold former Apollo Global Management CEO Leon Black in contempt of Congress after he refused to comply with subpoenas tied to the panel's investigation of Jeffrey Epstein and his associates. Black had declined to give further testimony and to turn over multiple nondisclosure agreements, and he sued the committee on Sept. 3 in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., seeking to block enforcement of the subpoenas. Oversight Chair Rep. James Comer said subpoenas carry the force of law and that the committee had no choice but to pursue contempt. Ranking Democrat Rep. Robert Garcia said the panel should not allow Black to defy congressional subpoenas and said the investigation aims to support Epstein's survivors and drive reforms. Black's lawyers called the committee's move an abuse of power and said they had the constitutional right to sue Comer and the committee because the subpoenas were illegitimate. Black stepped down as Apollo CEO in March 2021, two months after the firm said he paid Epstein $158 million for tax and estate planning advice from 2012 through 2017.