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Black in defamation lawsuit alleges California lawmaker made false statements about his ties to Jeffrey EpsteinBillionaire Leon Black has filed a defamation lawsuit against California congressman Robert Garcia, accusing the lawmaker, who is the top Democrat on the House oversight committee, of making false statements about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein and the disgraced financiers’s sex trafficking crimes.The filing, filed in federal court in New York on Wednesday, comes almost two months after the House<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/16/leon-black-contempt-congress-epstein" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank"> voted to hold Black</a> in contempt of Congress over his refusal to comply with subpoenas issued by the House oversight committee as part of the panel’s investigation into Epstein. As of 5 November, the Department of Justice has not filed contempt charges against Black. Garcia’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/05/leon-black-sues-congressman-robert-garcia-epstein" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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