Video: Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA11) Says “Leon Black also has been accused of sexual abuse by multiple Epstein survivors, and he paid some of those survivors to sign NDAs.”

On MSNOW last night, Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA11) had the following to say:

• “Leon Black was a close friend of Jeffrey Epstein, a close friend who paid Epstein $158 million supposedly for tax and accounting advice, despite the fact that Epstein was neither a tax attorney nor an accountant.  Leon Black also has been accused of sexual abuse by multiple Epstein survivors, and he paid some of those survivors to sign NDAs. Those NDAs were the subject of today’s interview and the reason for the subpoenas that were issued today.”
• “I wanted him to answer questions about the circumstances surrounding the NDAs, whether Jeffrey Epstein had any involvement in the NDAs. There are some e-mails in the file between Jeffrey Epstein and his lawyer suggesting that Epstein was surveilling women on Leon Black’s behest. I’d like to ask questions about that. But fundamentally, Leon Black is the subject of a number of very serious, incredible allegations of sexual abuse. No one has gotten to the bottom of those, primarily because of the NDAs, and our committee is working hard to get to the bottom of those allegations.”
• ” They saw the very cushy circumstances that Ghislaine Maxwell was transferred into after her very out-of-the-ordinary interview with then Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. What they didn’t learn there there is why or how she was transferred and I think the reason they didn’t learn that there at the prison is that the decision was made in Washington to transfer her to that much…more comfortable situation by Todd Blanche.”
• “Well, the Department of Justice already signaled today that they’re going to appeal this order. So I think that legal battle will continue. But when you read the ruling from the judge today, it is crystal clear that Todd Blanche and the Department of Justice broke the law. They illegally redacted files. I think there are a lot of reasons they illegally redacted files. Certainly one of them was to prevent further embarrassment the president of the president, Donald J. Trump.”