House Holds Billionaire Leon Black in Contempt of Congress

The House of Representatives has voted to hold billionaire investor Leon Black in contempt of Congress after he refused to appear before a committee investigating convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to NPR News.

Black had been called to give a deposition as part of the committee's inquiry, but declined to appear, the report said.

With the contempt citation approved, the matter now moves to the Department of Justice, which will decide whether to pursue criminal charges against Black, according to NPR News.

NPR News did not specify additional details of the committee's investigation or the basis for its request that Black testify.

It was not immediately clear when the Department of Justice would decide whether to act on the referral.