Leon Black sues House Oversight over Epstein probe subpoenas, won't appear Thursday

Leon Black, then-CEO of Apollo Global Management, at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, May 1, 2018.Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesFormer Apollo Global Management CEO Leon Black sued the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Thursday, seeking to block subpoenas for nondisclosure agreements he was a party to and for further testimony from him about his ties to notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Black was due to appear before the Oversight committee on Thursday morning but refused to do so. The committee instead held a closed-door session with an empty chair set aside for the missing billionaire.Democrats on the panel called on it to formally hold Black in contempt "immediately."Black's attorneys say the NDAs sought by the committee have nothing to do with his dealings with Epstein.The panel issued the subpoenas on June 26, June right after Black refused to answer questions about the NDAs and walked out of an interview when he appeared for a closed-door session."The Committee is on a fishing expedition that oversteps its authority," one of the lawyers, Susan Estrich, said in a statement. "This is no longer about finding ...