Leon Black and More: Some Become Targets, Odds Lousy for Reputation Rehab
In the long-going fallout from association with Jeffrey Epstein, some in the loop have been receiving more scrutiny than others. For example, why are Apollo co-founder Leon Black and Goldman Sachs top lawyer Kathy Ruemmler going to testify about the relationship in April before the House Oversight Committee? Where are the many others who orbited in Epstein's world of wealth, influence and power? Today, again the spotlight has been put on Black and more in legacy media. The New York Times published a very long detailed article in which the primary subject was this: an allegation, based on financial documents and emails, that Epstein served as the middleman for Black's payments to women. Here is a snippet: "Mr. Black paid about $20 million to a dozen women, at least some of whom he’d had sexual relationships with ... Mr. Epstein was involved in figuring out ways to dispense a significant portion of that money." Black's current lawyers Courtney Forrest and Susa...