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• Richard Kahn, Epstein’s longtime accountant, testified to the House Oversight Committee on March 11 that federal investigators never interviewed him
• Darren Indyke, Epstein’s lawyer of more than two decades, confirmed the same during his March 19 deposition — neither man was ever questioned by the FBI or federal prosecutors
• Both men now control Epstein’s remaining estate, valued at approximately $127 million, and hold his emails, bank records, flight logs, and photographs

WASHINGTON (TDR) — The two men closest to Jeffrey Epstein’s finances and legal affairs — his accountant Richard Kahn and his lawyer Darren Indyke — told the House Oversight Committee in separate depositions this month that federal investigators never once requested to speak with them during any criminal investigation of Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell.

The big picture: Kahn and Indyke were not peripheral figures — they were the architects of the financial infrastructure that Epstein’s victims and prosecutors say enabled his trafficking operation for decades, and they remain the co-executors of his estate today.

• Kahn managed Epstein’s finances for over a decade, authorized payments including tuition reimbursements to victims, and appears in the DOJ’s Epstein files more than 50,000 times; Epstein planned to leave him $25 million in his will
• Indyke served as Epstein’s in-house counsel for more than two decades, withdrew $7,500 in cash each week from Epstein’s accounts — flagged by a Deutsche Bank compliance officer in a suspicious-activity report — and was named by multiple witnesses as the person Epstein directed them to contact if approached by law enforcement
• Together they control what remains of Epstein’s estate, valued at approximately $127 million, along with records the committee has described as essential to understanding the full scope of his crimes

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Why it matters: The failure to interview the two people most directly positioned to explain how Epstein’s money moved — and who it moved to — is not a procedural footnote. It is the central unresolved question of a federal investigation that closed without a single additional prosecution.

• Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche stated in February that there would be no additional prosecutions related to Epstein — a determination made without ever deposing the men who ran his finances
• The Epstein Files Transparency Act, passed nearly unanimously by Congress and signed by Trump, required the DOJ to release all Epstein files — but the department released roughly half and then removed previously published documents from public view
• Epstein abuse survivors and their attorneys say the investigation’s failure to reach Kahn and Indyke directly denied victims the accountability they were promised

Driving the news: The depositions — each running several hours — are the first time either man has been compelled to answer questions under oath about their work for Epstein.

• Kahn told lawmakers he never saw “red flags” in Epstein’s spending, that he was unaware of any abuse, and that Epstein told him his 2006 arrest was a “mistake” involving girls he claimed not to know were underage — and that he believed him
• Indyke said he had “no knowledge whatsoever” of Epstein’s crimes and that what Epstein did “after hours, behind closed doors, and in places where I was not present” was unknown to him
• Committee Chair James Comer confirmed Kahn identified five clients who paid Epstein the most: Les Wexner, Glenn Dubin, Steven Sinofsky, the Rothschilds, and Leon Black
• Indyke confirmed the existence of hard drives held by Epstein’s private investigators — which the committee said are “of great interest” to the investigation

What they’re saying: Democrats and Republicans are in rare alignment on the core failure — but diverge sharply on who is responsible.

• Five Democratic senators, including Ron Wyden and Amy Klobuchar, wrote to Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel calling the omission “inexcusable” — adding that “a failure of this magnitude cannot be attributed to simple oversight or misunderstanding”
• Rep. Suhas Subramanyam called Kahn a “fixer” whose name appears on shell companies used to move money, including payments to victims
• Survivor attorney James Marsh said Indyke’s “claimed ignorance is deeply troubling” — adding that his testimony “only underscores how much still remains hidden about the vast network of enablers”
• Republicans on the panel noted that Kahn became the fifth witness to tell the committee that President Trump was not involved in Epstein’s financial dealings

Yes, but: Both Kahn and Indyke have consistently denied wrongdoing — and the legal record, as it currently stands, does not contradict that denial.

• Their attorney Daniel Weiner stated that “not a single woman has ever accused either man of committing sexual abuse or witnessing sexual abuse” — and neither man has been charged with any crime
• Kahn’s attorney said the DOJ’s own Epstein files “confirm the DOJ never considered Mr. Kahn to be one of Epstein’s co-conspirators” — which, if true, raises a different question: why not, given the volume of financial activity they managed

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Between the lines: The decision not to interview Kahn or Indyke during any of the federal investigations into Epstein was not an oversight — it was a choice, and no one in the DOJ has been compelled to explain it under oath.

• An old FBI email surfaced in documents shows that at one point, Indyke was described as “a subject of our FBI investigation” who had refused to comply with a grand jury subpoena — yet was never formally interviewed; the DOJ has not explained the discrepancy
• The House Oversight Committee has subpoenaed Attorney General Bondi to appear for a deposition on April 14 — but in a preview briefing, Bondi declined to give an opening statement, was not placed under oath, and did not commit to honoring the subpoena
• Kahn’s testimony on a possible settlement with “Jane Doe 4” — a woman who alleged abuse by both Epstein and Trump — changed four times in the 48 hours after his deposition, shifting from confirmation to denial to “can neither confirm nor deny,” with his attorney ultimately telling committee staff he could “no longer stand by” his prior statements

What’s next:

• Attorney General Bondi is subpoenaed to appear for a deposition on April 14; she has not committed to compliance
• Leon Black is scheduled to appear voluntarily before the committee on May 13; Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has agreed to testify on his ties to Epstein
• Committee Chair Comer has said that each deposition generates new leads and that he hopes to wrap the investigation by end of this Congress — while acknowledging that timeline may not hold
• The committee is seeking testimony from Bill Gates and Epstein’s former assistant Lesley Groff in the coming months

If the two men who controlled Epstein’s finances were never interviewed by federal investigators — and are now the only people with access to his estate’s records — who decided they didn’t need to be asked, and why hasn’t that person been compelled to answer under oath?

Sources

This report was compiled using information from CNN, CBS News, ABC News, NBC News, NPR, CNBC, MS NOW, NewsNation, IBTimes UK, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, and the Epstein files Wikipedia overview.

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