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<v Speaker 1>What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the

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<v Speaker 1>Epstein Chronicles. Whenever we talk about the upper crust or

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<v Speaker 1>higher society, I always tell you that the only sin

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<v Speaker 1>is not having any dough. And when we're talking about

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<v Speaker 1>the art world, especially the higher end art world, that's

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<v Speaker 1>definitely the case. And I think that the situation with

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<v Speaker 1>Leon Black and MoMA and the art world in general

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<v Speaker 1>shines a light on that, because if you thought that

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<v Speaker 1>Leon Black was going to be ostracized by the other

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<v Speaker 1>people that are in the quote unquote high end art world,

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<v Speaker 1>you have not been paying attention. This man has billions

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<v Speaker 1>of dollars of artwork. This man is ensconced in that

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<v Speaker 1>portion of society. And I don't think there's anything that

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<v Speaker 1>Leon Black could do to have those other people kick

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<v Speaker 1>him out of the quote unquote club, unless, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>he goes broke, because that's the only real sin when

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<v Speaker 1>we're talking about these degenerates who call themselves elite. Today

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<v Speaker 1>we have an article from Vanity Fair and the headline

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<v Speaker 1>the art world has tacitly decided Leon Black is not canceled.

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<v Speaker 1>This article was authored by Nate Freeman in late June.

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<v Speaker 1>Leon Black, co founder of the hedge fund, Apollo Global Management,

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<v Speaker 1>and one of the world's biggest art collectors, walked into

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<v Speaker 1>a congressional office building and talked about his relationship with

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<v Speaker 1>Jeffrey Epstein. I mean, if you want to call it that,

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<v Speaker 1>he was obstinate, said he was going to do whatever

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<v Speaker 1>he wanted, and he wasn't going to answer any questions,

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<v Speaker 1>at least not the ones that needed to be answered.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's not act like Leon Black was this well

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<v Speaker 1>of information where he showed up to Congress and gave

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<v Speaker 1>everybody all the answers they were looking for. That didn't happen,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's never going to happen. The only way to

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<v Speaker 1>go after somebody like Leon Black is to hit his

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<v Speaker 1>ass with a rico charge. And that's what it should

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<v Speaker 1>have happened the first time around in twenty nineteen. All

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<v Speaker 1>these people that funded Jeffrey Epstein, all these people that

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<v Speaker 1>were sending money to him on a regular basis and

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<v Speaker 1>getting money back, breaking news. You're part of the conspiracy.

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<v Speaker 1>For decades, Black had brought Epstein into every aspect of

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<v Speaker 1>his finances. Now, seven years after Epstein's death and six

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<v Speaker 1>months after the release of all of Epstein's correspondents. The

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<v Speaker 1>House Select Committee was putting Black back on the stand.

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<v Speaker 1>In his opening statement, Black swore he never knew Epstein

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<v Speaker 1>as a monster. He merely knew him as a moneyman

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<v Speaker 1>and had no inkling of how Epstein was apparently deceiving him.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is the out right Oh well, I had

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<v Speaker 1>no idea about the sexual assault, bitch. You knew about

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<v Speaker 1>the money laundering at the very least you were involved

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<v Speaker 1>in it. So what are we even doing here? Why

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<v Speaker 1>are we avoiding the biggest part of conversation. Now, I

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<v Speaker 1>understand it's not the most salacious part, but if you

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<v Speaker 1>want to hold these people accountable, this is the way

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<v Speaker 1>to do it. Unfortunately, that's not what this is about.

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<v Speaker 1>Epstein falsely claimed I've been involved in decisions and my

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<v Speaker 1>decisions about investments, Black told the House Committee. According to

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<v Speaker 1>an official transcript, he asserted that he had influence over me.

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<v Speaker 1>He said false, ambitious things about my wife and children.

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<v Speaker 1>He duped and deceived, and he did so repeatedly. In short,

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<v Speaker 1>with the release of the Epstein files, I now appreciate

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<v Speaker 1>the full extent to which Epstein was a despicable individual

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<v Speaker 1>and a liar. This was a side of him. I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't know. I knew Jekyl, I didn't know whyde bitch.

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<v Speaker 1>You knew both of them, and you funded both of them,

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<v Speaker 1>and you didn't care one single bit about the shit

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<v Speaker 1>he was up to. You sure didn't care when you

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<v Speaker 1>had him reaching out to his buddies in the FSB

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<v Speaker 1>about Gozelle Ganieva dig You you lie in reprehensible piece

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<v Speaker 1>of shit. And I say that confidently, Okay, Leon Black,

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<v Speaker 1>in my opinion, gigantic piece of shit. What sort of

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<v Speaker 1>dude is engaging in an affair? Well, he has a

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<v Speaker 1>sick wife at home. I'll tell you what kind of dude.

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<v Speaker 1>The same kind of guy that's going to break bread

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<v Speaker 1>with Epstein and be Epstein's buddy. That kind of guy.

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<v Speaker 1>The hearing ended abruptly after the committee asked Black about

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<v Speaker 1>the existence of NDAs, including one with a woman with

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<v Speaker 1>whom he had an extra marital affair. The woman broke

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<v Speaker 1>the NDA to accuse Black of sexual impropriety. Black has

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<v Speaker 1>denied the allegations. Oh, of course he has not me.

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<v Speaker 1>I would never do that. I'm just, you know, an

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<v Speaker 1>old fellow who likes art. Black's lawyers decided to walk

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<v Speaker 1>anger seeping through their legal ease. As Black and his

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<v Speaker 1>legal team left the room, the committee's general counsel issued

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<v Speaker 1>subpoenas for his return. Black has reportedly agreed to appear

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<v Speaker 1>for a deposition in September to produce the NDAs representative

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<v Speaker 1>for Black did not respond to vf's request for comment. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure he's going to come up there and have

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<v Speaker 1>a whole other bag of excuses. And the sad truth

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<v Speaker 1>is Congress is going to accept them. And that's because

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<v Speaker 1>Congress was never interested in really holding people accountable. They

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<v Speaker 1>want to play politics. That much is apparent, and believe me,

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<v Speaker 1>I got a few things to say about that in

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<v Speaker 1>an upcoming episode. But even as Black was under oath

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<v Speaker 1>in Washington, he went about his life elsewhere at two

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<v Speaker 1>of New York's most prestigious museums. Yes, following the Epstein morass, Black,

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<v Speaker 1>citing health issues, did walk away from every role he

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<v Speaker 1>held out Apollo CEO, the chairmanship, the director position. Yet

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<v Speaker 1>in the years since Epstein's final days in jail and death,

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<v Speaker 1>Black has remained a trustee at MoMA. The Midtown Institution

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<v Speaker 1>cinema headquarters is still called the Deborah Leon Black Family

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<v Speaker 1>Film Center, and this summer. Visitors to the Mets Rafael Show,

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<v Speaker 1>one of the season's biggest blockbusters, were greeted by a

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<v Speaker 1>list of supporters, including Leon and Deborah Black. Oh isn't

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<v Speaker 1>that nice? Jeffrey Epstein's buddy, Jeffrey Epstein's financier, Jeffrey Epstein's

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<v Speaker 1>fellow traveler. But sure, let's just welcome him to the event.

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<v Speaker 1>Reason four hundred and thirty six, five hundred and fifty

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<v Speaker 1>six that I don't want to be invited to any

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<v Speaker 1>event that people like this are involved in. Talk about

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<v Speaker 1>an eyes wide shut type of situation. Black personally owns

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<v Speaker 1>two Raphael's, including drawing he bought at Christie's in two

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<v Speaker 1>thousand and nine for nearly fifty million. He loaned one

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<v Speaker 1>from his collection to the show. Oh isn't that nice?

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<v Speaker 1>Can somebody ask Leon if he'll lend us one of

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<v Speaker 1>the photos one of the drawings for the show, give

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<v Speaker 1>me a break? Fifty million dollars. What a fucking joke,

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<v Speaker 1>an absolute joke. Even after leaving Apollo, Black retains one

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<v Speaker 1>of the world's greatest private art collections. Christie's would at

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<v Speaker 1>one point appraise it at two point seven billion. And

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<v Speaker 1>you know why. He has so much art right well,

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<v Speaker 1>because it's non taxable, he can just keep hiding it,

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<v Speaker 1>keep moving it, keep funneling it, keep shuffling it. Isn't

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<v Speaker 1>that enjoyable to know? As April fifteenth rapidly approaches once again,

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<v Speaker 1>I spotted Black not long ago at Freeze, Los Angeles.

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<v Speaker 1>He was at Art Basel, Miami Beach, hidden only by

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<v Speaker 1>a pair of sunglasses as recently as December of twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty four. Last September, he sat in good seats at

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<v Speaker 1>Flushing Meadows to take in the men's final at the

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<v Speaker 1>US Open. The next day showed up at a private

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<v Speaker 1>dinner at MoMA. Life is not going to change for

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<v Speaker 1>these people. I hate to be the bearer of bad news,

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<v Speaker 1>but until there's some kind of criminal action taken, forget it.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think the most frustrating part is that there's

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<v Speaker 1>so much there as far as criminality. And again, let's

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<v Speaker 1>put the human trafficking to the side when we're talking

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<v Speaker 1>about Leon Black. Let's just focus on the money and

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<v Speaker 1>all the other stuff will fall into place. But there

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<v Speaker 1>is no doubt in my mind that there was financial

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<v Speaker 1>malfisms occurring and criminality go in both ways. The following week,

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<v Speaker 1>he attended a dinner celebrating sixtieth anniversary of Gallery Gumerzinska.

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<v Speaker 1>On multiple occasions over the last few years. Well, at

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<v Speaker 1>a Knicks game, I've spotted and perched in his normal seats,

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<v Speaker 1>not court side, but in the third row opposite the bench.

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<v Speaker 1>Must be nice to be Leon Black. Must be nice

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<v Speaker 1>to do whatever you want and have zero consequences. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to step down from my CEO role. Big deal.

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<v Speaker 1>How much money did you lose? Oh that's right none.

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<v Speaker 1>What kind of repercussions have there been for your family?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh that's right none. Isn't your son part of the

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<v Speaker 1>president's administration. Black is frequently mentioned in the same breath

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<v Speaker 1>as Epstein, but he hasn't been canceled exactly, Not in

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<v Speaker 1>the New York social scene and not in the art world.

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<v Speaker 1>More broadly, told you, how long have I been telling you?

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<v Speaker 1>There is only one penalty, being broke. That's the one

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<v Speaker 1>thing they can abide by. Oh, you can hurt kids,

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<v Speaker 1>you can hurt women, you can traffic guns, you can

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<v Speaker 1>be a dictator, you can be an oligarch, whatever it

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<v Speaker 1>might be. But you better not be broke. Neither is

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<v Speaker 1>Bill Gates even if the tech mogul stepped away from

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<v Speaker 1>his foundation after being exposed in the Epstein files, And neither,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, has President Donald Trump, who once allegedly drew

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<v Speaker 1>Epstein alude cartoon of a woman's body with a note reading,

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<v Speaker 1>may every day be another wonderful secret? Trump is denied

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<v Speaker 1>writing the card and drawing the cartoon. Oh oh, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>denied it, so we could just move on. And isn't

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<v Speaker 1>it funny there's no demand for somebody to authenticate this.

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<v Speaker 1>You would think that if somebody's impersonating the president and

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<v Speaker 1>turning over evidence they say was created by the president,

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<v Speaker 1>that if the president thinks it's fake, he'd have some

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<v Speaker 1>kind of investigation finding out who forged it. But we

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<v Speaker 1>don't see that, dew. We just a lawsuit. So it

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<v Speaker 1>looks like he's doing something. But the truth is, according

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<v Speaker 1>to all the sources, according to all the evidence, certainly

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<v Speaker 1>looks like that was a letter sent by Donald Trump.

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<v Speaker 1>And if he's not telling the truth about that letter

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<v Speaker 1>that note, then what else is he not telling the

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<v Speaker 1>truth about? My guest? A whole fucking bunch. There's no

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<v Speaker 1>indication that Black is stopped buying art either after the

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<v Speaker 1>May evening sales at Christie's and Southbee's in New York.

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<v Speaker 1>Sources were buzzing that Black was among those chasing down

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<v Speaker 1>a Miro from the collection of Conde Nas owner say Neuhause,

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<v Speaker 1>which sold for a record fifty three and a half

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<v Speaker 1>million fifty three and a half million dollars. Can you

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<v Speaker 1>imagine the obscene wealth these people have to be able

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<v Speaker 1>to blow that kind of money on art that's just

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<v Speaker 1>going to sit there, maybe not even in their house, hell,

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<v Speaker 1>probably not at their house. So do you think they're

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<v Speaker 1>just buying this because, oh, we love art, it's so great?

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<v Speaker 1>Or do you think there is an ulterior motive? Do

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<v Speaker 1>you think they're trying to avoid taxes? Do you think

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<v Speaker 1>they're looking to stash their money? Do you think they're

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<v Speaker 1>looking to use a vehicle that's not available to the

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<v Speaker 1>rest of us. I have a sneaking suspicion that Leon

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<v Speaker 1>Black's love of art is really the love of stashing

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<v Speaker 1>the bucks. That's what I think the art's all about.

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<v Speaker 1>Black began collecting in earnest in the mid nineties, when

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<v Speaker 1>he purchased, among other trophies, a JMW. Turner that had

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<v Speaker 1>broken the record for the most expensive painting ever sold

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<v Speaker 1>at auction in nineteen eighty four. Early on, he bought

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<v Speaker 1>Van Gouh's quarry near a Saint Remy from Steve Wind

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<v Speaker 1>for forty six million. His collecting ramped up right as

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<v Speaker 1>Apollo began its era, defining run as a distressed investing phenom,

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<v Speaker 1>capitalizing on the collapse of the savings and loan industry.

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<v Speaker 1>By nineteen ninety five, it's one point five billion dollar

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<v Speaker 1>fund had attracted main street investors to Wall Street, the

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<v Speaker 1>General Motors Pension Fund was one of its primary backers.

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<v Speaker 1>And look, there's no doubt that Apollo Global is very

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<v Speaker 1>powerful when it comes to their positioning. And that's why

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<v Speaker 1>it's so damning and dangerous to have a guy like

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<v Speaker 1>Leon Black not face repercussions. Do you mean to tell

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<v Speaker 1>me that if it was somebody a teacher out of school,

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<v Speaker 1>they'd be getting away with it. They wouldn't be canceled,

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<v Speaker 1>they'd be invited to the neighborhood dinner. Of course not.

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<v Speaker 1>But when you got the dough that Leon Black has,

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<v Speaker 1>you have the pull that Leon Black has, and you

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<v Speaker 1>know the people that Leon Black knows, it's a whole

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<v Speaker 1>last different story. And unfortunately when we're talking about the

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<v Speaker 1>upper crust to society, they just don't care. They don't

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<v Speaker 1>care about you, they don't care about your kids, they

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<v Speaker 1>don't care about your life. And you know who's included

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<v Speaker 1>in that upper crust of society, all those lay ass

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<v Speaker 1>politicians you love to argue about. You think those people

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<v Speaker 1>care about you, any of them. They do not. They

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<v Speaker 1>care about winning re election and finding a way to

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<v Speaker 1>pill for our wealth. That's all they care about. And

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that so many people line up behind these

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<v Speaker 1>folks and march to their insane tunes is crazy to me.

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<v Speaker 1>I just don't understand it, because one mattra that I've

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<v Speaker 1>always lived by is this, if it's fucked me, then

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<v Speaker 1>it certainly fuck you. So I'm under no illusions about

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<v Speaker 1>these people that call themselves high society or these politicians.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think one of the best examples of how

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<v Speaker 1>little they care about what we think is by having

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<v Speaker 1>people like Leon Black still be part of their little

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<v Speaker 1>functions and not just you know, in the background, but

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<v Speaker 1>a gigantic part of it. So for me, when people

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<v Speaker 1>talk about the Epstein class, this is what it means.

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<v Speaker 1>The men of always that continuously step on the neck

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<v Speaker 1>of the children of Never. All Right, folks, we're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>wrap up right here, and in the next episode, we're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna pick up with the second part of this article

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<v Speaker 1>and finish it off. All the information that goes with

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<v Speaker 1>this episode can be found in the description box.