Epstein Secrets

H CAROLINA MARSHA SIACKLIMIN TERM SSE t JOSHUA SENNEMAN. STAFF ORION:RI GREGG PICNAPO. REPLItuCAN STAIR Oat MA lamed *tatcs *mate July 24, 2023 Leon D. Black do Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP 410 Seventeeth Street Suite 2200 Denver, Colorado 80202-4432 Dear Mr. Black, COMMITTEE ON FINANCE WASHI

*mate July 24, 2023 Leon D. Black do Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP 410 Seventeeth Street Suite 2200 Denver, Colorado 80202-4432 Dear Mr. Black, COMMITTEE ON FINANCE WASHINGTON, DC 20510-6200 As Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee ("the Committee"), I write regarding the Committee's

available online at tutpc-//www sec gov/Archivesledgaddata/1411494/000119312521016405/d11810/dex991 htlli Id. at pg. 3: "Epstein regularly advised [Leon] Black on a variety of issues related to trust and estate planning, tax, philanthropy, and the operation of the Family Office" and at pg. 4: "[Leon] Black

action and attributed the remainder to the various other matters including his advice about estate, tax planning, tax audits, and filings, managing Black's artwork, Family Office management, and advice regarding Black's yacht and airplane as set forth above." r Email from Majority Staff, Senate Finance

was paid amounts vastly exceeding that paid to other attorneys and accountants involved in these 7 The top 10 highest paid CEOs of the Fortune 500, Fortune, May 28, 2022, https-//fortune com//022/05/28/highest- paid-ccos-in-america-202 I/. ' Apollo Global Management, Inc. Investigation of Epstein/Black

tein. Payments to Epstein, at an annualized rate of $23 to $26 million per year, was higher than the median CEO pay for Fortune 500 companies, which Fortune calculated at $15.9 million for 20217 The Dechert report indicated that the amounts paid to Epstein far exceeded those which you paid to other prof

roughly $1 billion in gift and estate taxes.' According to the report, Epstein also advised Black on a "step-up-basis transaction" designed to save Black's children approximately $600 million in taxes as well as other tax planning and compliance issues, including responding to audit inquiries from the

ed *tams *coati June 22, 2022 COMMITTEE ON FINANCE WASHINGTON, OC 20510-6200 I write seeking information regarding a business arrangement between Leon Black and Jeffrey Epstein. A report commissioned by the Conflicts Committee of Apollo Global Management ("Apollo") stated Epstein was paid $158 million b

nd Jeffrey Epstein. A report commissioned by the Conflicts Committee of Apollo Global Management ("Apollo") stated Epstein was paid $158 million by Black between 2012 and 2017 for services related to a variety of tax and estate planning matters, an amount that appears to far exceed that paid by Black

ine at https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/ 14[1494/0001 I 93 I 2521016405/d118102dex99 .htm 2 The top 10 highest paid CEOs of the Fortune 500, Fortune, May 28, 2022 https://fortune.com/2022/05/28/highest. paithceos-in-america-202 I/ 3 Apollo Global Management, Inc. Investigation Of Epstein/Black R

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