Leon Black Storms Out Of His Epstein Related Congressional Interview (6/29/26)

The nearly six-hour congressional interview focused on why Bill Gates continued meeting with Jeffrey Epstein after Epstein's 2008 conviction, what Gates knew about Epstein's conduct, and whether Epstein attempted to gain leverage over him. Gates testified that he met Epstein roughly 12 to 14 times between 2011 and 2014, saying he believed Epstein could help attract major philanthropic donations to global health initiatives through the Gates Foundation. He repeatedly described those meetings as "a mistake," insisted he never visited Epstein's private island, New Mexico ranch, or Florida residence, and said he never witnessed criminal conduct or participated in any of Epstein's illegal activities. Gates told lawmakers he ultimately concluded that Epstein had exaggerated both his financial connections and his ability to raise money for philanthropy.One of the most closely watched portions of the transcript concerned allegations that Epstein sought to pressure Gates using knowledge of Gates' personal life. Gates acknowledged several extramarital affairs and testified that Epstein appeared to have learned about them, later making what Gates described as "veiled" attempts at blackmail by referencing those relationships and seeking money connected to one of the women. Gates said he believed Epstein "contemplated" blackmail but maintained he was never actually blackmailed, never paid Epstein to keep information secret, and never committed crimes with him. Throughout the interview, Gates emphasized that his association with Epstein damaged his judgment and reputation, expressed support for releasing the Epstein files and for continued investigations, and said survivors deserve justice while denying any involvement in Epstein's trafficking operation or abuse of minors.to contact me:[email protected]:Bill-Gates-Transcript.pdfBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

Karyna Shuliak, Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime girlfriend and one of the last people known to have spoken with him before his death, was licensed as a dentist in New Mexico, adding another strange thread to Epstein’s Zorro Ranch story. Shuliak was born in Belarus, studied dentistry, and later became connected to Epstein after being introduced through Eastern European contacts. Epstein helped fund her education, including her path through Columbia University’s dental school, and later estate documents showed he intended to leave her a massive share of his fortune, including money, jewelry, and major properties. Her New Mexico dental license stands out because Epstein’s ranch near Stanley, New Mexico, has become a renewed focus of investigators, lawmakers, and survivors looking into what happened there and who was connected to the property.Shuliak has not been charged with crimes tied to Epstein, but her role has drawn attention because she was not just a passing girlfriend. Records and reporting have placed her inside Epstein’s personal, financial, and professional world: she was listed in estate documents as a major beneficiary, associated with Epstein-linked addresses, connected to his Virgin Islands life, and reportedly worked in dentistry while also being tied to Southern Trust, one of Epstein’s key business entities. The New Mexico angle makes the story more significant because Zorro Ranch was one of Epstein’s most important properties and has long been surrounded by unanswered questions about abuse allegations, movement of women, and the state’s failure to fully investigate him while he was alive. Shuliak’s license does not prove wrongdoing, but it places Epstein’s final partner inside yet another jurisdiction now trying to untangle his network.to contact me:[email protected]:'Zorro Smiles': Epstein's girlfriend was licensed dentist in New Mexico | News | santafenewmexican.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

Leon Black was subpoenaed by the House Oversight Committee in the middle of his closed-door testimony about Jeffrey Epstein after he refused to answer questions about possible non-disclosure agreements involving women connected to Epstein. Chairman James Comer said lawmakers wanted the NDAs to determine whether Epstein was involved in writing them, arranging them, funding them, or using them to silence women in his orbit. One subpoena demands the NDA records, and another requires Black to return for videotaped testimony under oath on July 16. Black’s lawyer, Susan Estrich, blasted the move as a “planned political stunt” and said Epstein had no involvement with any NDAs, whether they exist or not.Black told lawmakers he had no role in Epstein’s sex-trafficking crimes, no knowledge of Epstein’s abuse, and never paid Epstein for access to women. He repeated that he hired Epstein for tax and estate planning work, saying Epstein “solved a massive estate problem” and that he believed the fees were partly tax-deductible, even though the total eventually came to about $158 million. Black said Epstein deceived him, describing the relationship as “I knew Jekyll” and “I didn’t know Hyde,” while also pointing to an Apollo-commissioned Dechert review that found no evidence he participated in Epstein’s crimes. The committee’s focus, however, is now moving beyond the old explanation about tax advice and into whether Black’s private legal arrangements with women intersected with Epstein’s network.to contact me:[email protected]:House committee subpoenas Leon Black during Jeffrey Epstein testimonyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, reportedly visited Jeffrey Epstein twice in 2009 while he was serving his Florida jail sentence for soliciting a minor for prostitution. The visits allegedly took place at the Palm Beach office Epstein used during his controversial work-release arrangement, which allowed him to leave jail for hours each day. Emails released by the Justice Department and reported by The Telegraph described Ferguson contacting Epstein during a Florida layover and arranging to meet him, including references to his driver picking her up and her bringing charity-related documents. The office was tied to the Florida Science Foundation, a company Epstein used as the basis for his work-release setup.The emails also showed Ferguson writing warmly to Epstein, calling him a “dear spectacular and special friend,” thanking him for looking after her, and continuing to discuss contact and assistance from him despite his conviction. The revelations added to earlier scrutiny over Epstein helping Ferguson financially, including the previously reported £15,000 payment she later called a “gigantic error of judgment.” The damaging part is the timing: Epstein was not merely a disgraced financier at that point, he was actively serving a sentence connected to a minor, yet Ferguson still allegedly met with him through a work-release loophole that has since become one of the most notorious examples of how Epstein received special treatment.to contact me:[email protected]:Sarah Ferguson visited Epstein TWICE at office for a bogus firm he set up while he was serving prison sentence for child sex offence | Daily Mail OnlineBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

The extent of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse turned out to be far larger than the early public version of the case suggested. At first, the story was often framed around a limited number of victims in Palm Beach and a wealthy sex offender who had somehow received an absurdly lenient plea deal. But as survivors came forward, lawsuits were filed, flight logs were examined, police records resurfaced, and federal prosecutors reopened the case, the scope expanded dramatically. Epstein was no longer just a rich creep abusing a few vulnerable girls in Florida; he was revealed as the center of a long-running, multi-state and international exploitation network involving Palm Beach, New York, New Mexico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Paris, private planes, luxury homes, recruiters, assistants, employees, and powerful people who either enabled him, ignored him, or benefited from being close to him.What made the scale so disturbing was not only the number of alleged victims, but the machinery around the abuse. Epstein allegedly relied on recruiters, schedulers, drivers, pilots, house staff, lawyers, bankers, financial advisers, modeling-world contacts, and social gatekeepers who helped keep his life moving while the abuse continued. Survivors described a system where girls and young women were moved through massages, travel, gifts, pressure, intimidation, and silence, while Epstein used money and status to make himself feel untouchable. The more records came out, the harder it became to believe the original narrow version of the case. This was not a contained scandal. It was a sprawling abuse operation that lasted for years because too many institutions failed, looked away, or decided that Jeffrey Epstein’s money mattered more than the girls he was hurting.to contact me:[email protected] a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

Les Wexner was one of the most important people in Jeffrey Epstein’s rise, yet for years he managed to remain far less publicly radioactive than figures like Ghislaine Maxwell, Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton, or Leon Black. Wexner gave Epstein extraordinary access, trusted him with financial power, and allowed him into the center of his personal and business world, including through power of attorney and the management of major assets. But after Epstein’s crimes became impossible to ignore, Wexner largely presented himself as someone who had been deceived, stolen from, and betrayed by Epstein. That framing helped him avoid the kind of sustained public grilling that other Epstein associates faced, even though Epstein’s proximity to Wexner helped give him wealth, legitimacy, and elite credibility.Les Wexner was one of the most important people in Jeffrey Epstein’s rise, yet for years he managed to remain far less publicly radioactive than figures like Ghislaine Maxwell, Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton, or Leon Black. Wexner gave Epstein extraordinary access, trusted him with financial power, and allowed him into the center of his personal and business world, including through power of attorney and the management of major assets. But after Epstein’s crimes became impossible to ignore, Wexner largely presented himself as someone who had been deceived, stolen from, and betrayed by Epstein. That framing helped him avoid the kind of sustained public grilling that other Epstein associates faced, even though Epstein’s proximity to Wexner helped give him wealth, legitimacy, and elite credibility.to contat me:[email protected] a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

Melanie Walker is a physician and neuroscience/global-health figure who worked in Bill Gates’ orbit while also having long-running ties to Jeffrey Epstein. She joined the Gates Foundation in 2006 as a senior program officer and later remained connected to Gates through consulting work and health-related proposals. Reporting from The Wall Street Journal described her as a confidante to both Gates and Epstein, while her lawyer said she was a “survivor of Jeffrey Epstein” who had endured a coercive relationship with him over decades. Walker has not been accused of wrongdoing, but her name matters because she sat at a strange intersection between Epstein’s science-and-philanthropy access game and Gates’ foundation world.Walker fits into the Gates/Epstein fiasco because she appears to have been one of the human bridges between the two men’s worlds, and later one of the people warning Gates about Epstein. Forbes, citing Journal reporting, said Walker emailed Gates in 2014 advising him to keep “a healthy distance” from Epstein on anything personal, warning that she had seen Epstein exploit powerful people’s weaknesses. The Journal also reported that Epstein encouraged Walker to pursue a sexual relationship with Gates, while Gates’ spokesperson said Gates did not know the nature of Walker’s relationship with Epstein and described Walker’s relationship with Gates as consensual and amicably ended. In short, Walker is not presented as an accused participant in Epstein’s crimes; she is presented as a complicated connective figure whose relationships with both men show how Epstein tried to burrow into Gates’ world through philanthropy, science, personal access, and leverage.to contact me:[email protected] a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

The DOJ’s so-called “list” is being framed as transparency, but it reads like controlled optics rather than a serious accounting of Jeffrey Epstein’s network. A genuine disclosure would distinguish between casual mentions and operational roles, provide context, explain methodology, and prioritize the people who facilitated recruitment, logistics, finances, and legal shielding. Instead, the document appears to emphasize ambiguity and volume over clarity, which fuels politicization and confusion. When key operational figures are absent and no structured explanation is offered, it raises legitimate questions about whether the release was designed to inform the public or to exhaust and divide it. Transparency without context isn’t transparency—it’s misdirection.At its core, the issue is institutional credibility. A trafficking enterprise of this scale required coordination, staffing, money flows, and protection, and any meaningful disclosure should illuminate that infrastructure rather than obscure it. If leadership presents a curated list without methodology, document categories, or clear definitions, the public is left to speculate while officials claim compliance. That dynamic erodes trust and shifts attention away from survivors and toward political infighting. The demand is straightforward: show the work, clarify omissions, and provide structured, auditable disclosure. Anything less invites suspicion that the priority is reputational protection, not accountability.to contact me:[email protected] a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

Ghislaine Maxwell appeared for a congressional deposition today and immediately invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, refusing to answer substantive questions from lawmakers. According to members of Congress, Maxwell delivered a brief, prepared statement at the outset and then systematically declined to respond to questions about Jeffrey Epstein’s operations, potential co-conspirators, powerful associates, or her own role in facilitating abuse. The deposition, conducted as part of Congress’s oversight inquiry into the Epstein case, was expected by many to yield insight into long-unanswered questions, but instead unfolded as a near-total assertion of constitutional silence.By pleading the Fifth across the board, Maxwell effectively shut down Congress’s ability to extract testimony while insulating herself from potential legal exposure tied to ongoing appeals and post-conviction litigation. Lawmakers publicly acknowledged that her refusal to testify was legally permissible but deeply frustrating, particularly given her central role in Epstein’s criminal enterprise and the public interest in full disclosure. The outcome reinforced a familiar pattern in the Epstein saga: key insiders appearing under oath, yet declining to provide answers, leaving Congress with another formal record of silence rather than clarity about how Epstein’s network operated and who enabled it.to contact me:[email protected]:Ghislaine Maxwell deposition: Fifth Amendment plea sparks outrageBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

Newly released United States Department of Justice files, as reported by The New York Post, reveal disturbing details about Jeffrey Epstein’s long-standing and unusually close involvement with Celina Dubin, the daughter of his former girlfriend, Eva Dubin. Epstein first met Celina when she was a child through Eva, with whom he had a relationship in the 1980s and early ’90s. Emails in the documents show that even after his 2008 conviction for soliciting and procuring a minor for prostitution, Epstein maintained contact with Celina through hundreds of messages in which she called him “Uncle F.” He attended family events — including visits to her home and her high school lacrosse games — and was involved in aspects of her life that went beyond typical family friend interaction, such as offering to help with potential modeling opportunities and academic connections. Records also showed him buying clothes for her as a teenager and arranging professional contacts for her, though plans like a photoshoot never came to fruition.One of the most striking revelations in the documents is that Epstein told acquaintances around 2014 that Celina, then 19, was “the only person he wanted to marry.” While there is no evidence of a romantic or physical relationship, the assertion raised concerns due to his history and the ages involved. Epstein even named Celina a contingent beneficiary of his trust without her knowledge; she later renounced any claim after learning of it. The Dubin family, through a spokesperson, pushed back against the implications, stressing that Celina was unaware of Epstein’s intentions, did not benefit from his estate, and that Eva Dubin would have cut ties had she known about his criminal conduct.to  contact me:[email protected]:Jeffrey Epstein's obsession with ex Celina Dubin's teen daughterBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.