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(WASHINGTON) -- Appearing before the House Oversight Committee Friday, private equity billionaire Leon Black said he was unaware of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's "demonic life" and that the $158 million he paid Epstein was for legitimate services and "bona fide advice," according to a copy of his opening remarks reviewed by ABC News.The latest in a series of rich and powerful people questioned about their relationship with Epstein as […]

(GREENBELT, Md.) -- President Donald Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton pleaded guilty Friday to one count of illegal retention of national security information.Bolton entered his plea to the single felony count in federal court in Greenbelt, Maryland, before U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang.The guilty plea makes Bolton thus far the only successfully prosecuted case in Trump's campaign of retribution against those he perceives to be his political enemies.Bolton […]

(NEW YORK) -- Private equity billionaire Leon Black is set to face questions Friday from the House Oversight Committee regarding his decades-long relationship and sprawling financial entanglements with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The latest in a series of rich and powerful people questioned about their relationship with Epstein as part of the House Oversight panel's ongoing probe, Black maintained a social relationship with Epstein since the mid-1990s and eventually paid […]