Suhas Subramanyam
Role at the time: Member of the House Oversight Committee, in a post on X with an attached video
Defended or excused
Statement summary
In a post on X with a short video, Rep. Suhas Subramanyam said "We just unanimously voted to hold Leon Black in contempt of Congress". In the video he said Black has "a lot of documents that are central to our investigation" and is refusing to provide them.
“We just unanimously voted to hold Leon Black in contempt of Congress. His name appears in the Epstein files hundreds of times, and he gave Epstein $180 million. The survivors told us to follow the money and that is exactly what we are doing. ... Whatever happened, the reality is he has a lot of information, a lot of documents that are central to our investigation and he's refusing.”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Rep. Suhas Subramanyam on X: "We just unanimously voted to hold Leon Black in contempt of Congress." · Suhas SubramanyamPost and attached 30-second video, Sept. 16, 2026, 2:53 p.m. ET
Post by a member of the Oversight Committee, with a short attached video, published after the House agreed to the contempt resolution.
Why we used this label
Relative to the decision to hold Black in contempt, Subramanyam announces the action approvingly and says Black is refusing to hand over documents central to the investigation. That is support for the action itself.