Epstein Attorney Denies Trafficking Knowledge in Testimony

Darren Indyke, the longtime attorney for Jeffrey Epstein and a co-executor of his estate, testified before the House Oversight Committee on Thursday, denying any knowledge of the financier's sex trafficking activities and rejecting allegations that he facilitated the crimes.

In a prepared statement provided to the committee, Indyke, who served as Epstein's lawyer for more than two decades, emphasized that his role was limited to providing corporate, transactional, and general legal services. "Let me be clear: I had no knowledge whatsoever of Jeffrey Epstein's wrongdoings," he said. "My complete lack of involvement in that misconduct is a matter of record. Not a single woman has ever accused me of committing sexual abuse or witnessing sexual abuse, nor claimed at any time that she or anyone else reported to me any allegation of Mr. Epstein's abuse."

The closed-door testimony in Washington comes amid a congressional probe into Epstein's inner circle, as lawmakers seek to understand how the financier operated a sex trafficking network for years with apparent impunity. Epstein died by suicide in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges....