• What Happened: During a closed-door House Oversight Committee deposition today, Epstein's longtime accountant Richard Kahn confirmed under oath that five clients paid money directly to Jeffrey Epstein.
  • Why It Matters: Kahn served as Epstein's in-house accountant for over a decade, co-executed his will, and was set to receive $25 million upon Epstein's death. His testimony is the first time a financial insider has confirmed direct payments under congressional oath.
  • Bottom Line: Epstein's lawyer Darren Indyke is scheduled for deposition on March 19. The financial picture of Epstein's operation is finally being drawn in public, one name at a time.

Jeffrey Epstein's longtime accountant sat before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday, and when the deposition broke midway through, Chairman James Comer walked out and named names.

Richard Kahn, who served as Epstein's in-house accountant for over a decade and co-executed his estate after Epstein's 2019 death in federal custody, confirmed under oath that five clients paid money directly to Epstein. Comer relayed the findings to reporters outside the closed-door session.

"He confirmed there were five clients that paid money to Epstein," Comer said, "and that was Les Wexner, Glenn Dubin, Steven Sinofsky, the Rothschilds and Leon Black."

The names are not unknown to investigators. JPMorgan Chase filed suspicious activity reports after Epstein's death flagging transactions connected to Wexner, Black, Dubin, and Alan Dershowitz totaling approximately $1 billion. Those reports were later unsealed by a federal judge. Leon Black, the private equity titan and Apollo Global Management co-founder, previously acknowledged paying Epstein $170 million for tax and estate planning services before stepping down from Apollo leadership in 2021. Steven Sinofsky, the former head of Microsoft's Windows division, appears in the Epstein files with emails showing he shared non-public Microsoft product information with Epstein and sought Epstein's help with his severance package after leaving the company in 2013. When the payout came through, Sinofsky emailed Epstein: "Got paid. You will be too."

Kahn told the committee he was unaware of Epstein's crimes while serving as his accountant and said he saw no red flags in Epstein's spending patterns. He has consistently denied wrongdoing. Some of Epstein's victims allege Kahn played a direct role in building the financial infrastructure that enabled Epstein's crimes, a claim Kahn rejects.

Kahn was planned to receive $25 million from Epstein's estate under the terms of the will he helped execute.

Comer said Kahn answered all of the committee's questions during the first half of the deposition. The full recording is expected to be released by the committee.

Epstein's longtime lawyer Darren Indyke, the other co-executor of the estate, is scheduled for his own closed-door deposition on March 19. Together, Kahn and Indyke are the two men who knew more about Epstein's financial operation than anyone alive. The committee has now heard from one. The other is two weeks away.