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Congress increasingly focused on Richard Kahn because he was not some distant accountant who occasionally handled Jeffrey Epstein’s taxes; he spent years inside the machinery of Epstein’s finances and later became a co-executor of his estate. The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed Kahn and questioned him behind closed doors in March 2026 about the companies, payments, gifts, financial transactions and estate operations that surrounded Epstein. Kahn told lawmakers that he had no knowledge of Epstein’s abuse or trafficking and said he saw nothing suspicious in the spending he managed, even though he tracked Epstein’s expenditures closely and authorized payments involving women connected to Epstein. Lawmakers were particularly interested in the web of companies Kahn helped administer, the movement of money through Epstein’s accounts, his role in dealing with banks and the extent to which financial infrastructure helped sustain Epstein’s operation. Oversight Democrats were openly skeptical of Kahn’s claim that he remained unaware, arguing that someone with such intimate knowledge of Epstein’s money deserved far more scrutiny over what he saw, approved and facilitated.

The questioning became even more significant when Kahn made admissions that lawmakers said raised additional questions rather than resolving them. Democratic members said Kahn acknowledged helping facilitate a sham marriage involving women connected to Epstein and admitted that he had impersonated Epstein in communications with banks. Congress also zeroed in on Kahn’s role as co-executor of the estate, including settlements paid to survivors and questions about a particular claimant referred to as “Jane Doe 4.” Kahn initially appeared to say that the woman had received a settlement, only for his attorney to later retreat from that account, first saying no settlement existed and then saying he could neither confirm nor deny one. That shifting explanation prompted lawmakers Robert Garcia and Ro Khanna to demand written clarification. The larger congressional focus on Kahn reflected a broader effort to move beyond Epstein’s famous friends and examine the people who actually managed the money, companies and payments that kept his world functioning. Kahn has not been criminally charged and has denied knowingly facilitating Epstein’s crimes, but Congress clearly treated him as one of the central financial figures capable of explaining how Epstein’s operation worked for so long.


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