Jeffrey Epstein's longtime accountant gives closed-door testimony to House Oversight Committee

Helen GrahamThu, March 12, 2026 at 1:41 PM UTC

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Richard Kahn testified before the House Oversight Committee about Jeffrey Epstein. (Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) (Tom Williams)

Richard Kahn, who was Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime accountant, testified for roughly six hours on Wednesday before the House Oversight Committee as part of its probe into Epstein.

Committee chair James Comer, R-Ky., said Kahn named five people who paid Epstein, “and that was Les Wexner, Glenn Dubin, Steven Sinofsky, the Rothschilds and Leon Black.”

Comer noted that the committee previously questioned Wexner and that Black will be deposed “very soon.” No one named by Kahn has been accused by the authorities of wrongdoing in connection with Epstein.

Asked about Kahn’s comments today, a spokesperson for Black pointed to a law firm’s report from 2021 that referenced Black’s payments to Epstein.

“As has been documented in the independent Dechert Report, an investigation which Mr. Black asked for, it indicated that he paid Epstein for tax and estate planning work and he had no awareness of Epstein’s criminal activity,” Whit Clay said in an email.

Devon Spurgeon, a spokesperson for Dubin, denied that he had ever paid Epstein, adding that Dubin “was not a client of his in any way.” Spurgeon said Epstein was an investor and client of Dubin’s, and that Dubin, “has never, never, ever paid anything.”

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Sinofsky declined to comment. Representatives for Wexner and the Rothschilds did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., described Kahn as a “fixer” and said Epstein’s crimes were deeply intertwined with his own finances. He said Kahn’s name appeared on shell companies used to move money, including payments tied to tuition and victims.

Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Va., said Epstein’s trafficking operation “would not have been possible without Richard Kahn.” Walkinshaw said he does not find it credible that Kahn had no knowledge of Epstein’s crimes, arguing that if Kahn was unaware, he was “willfully ignorant.”

Subramanyam also told reporters that a “person who was an accuser of Donald Trump was given a settlement by Jeffrey Epstein’s estate,” citing Kahn’s testimony.

A spokesperson for Kahn did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday evening.

Comer, meanwhile, told reporters that Kahn testified to never having seen transactions involving Trump or his family with Epstein.

Trump has not been accused by authorities of any wrongdoing in connection with Epstein.

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