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Darren Indyke’s March 19, 2026 deposition before the House Oversight Committee offered one of the clearest looks yet at how Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime lawyer described his own role inside Epstein’s operation. Indyke, who represented Epstein for roughly two decades, participated at least loosely in his Florida defense team, assisted with his sex-offender registration litigation, handled real-estate and corporate matters, worked with Epstein-connected foundations and trusts, and later became co-executor of his estate. Yet Indyke repeatedly insisted that he had no knowledge of Epstein’s sexual abuse, telling investigators Epstein maintained a professional life that was separate from the private life in which the abuse occurred. That denial stood at the center of the testimony because congressional investigators confronted him with evidence of just how deeply involved he had been in Epstein’s financial and legal machinery. Indyke acknowledged making repeated $7,500 cash withdrawals from Epstein’s accounts, with committee questioning putting the total at more than $725,000 over roughly four years; Indyke said the money went to Epstein’s accounting office for ordinary household expenses and that he had no reason to believe it was being used improperly. He also confirmed that Epstein’s trust contemplated a $50 million bequest to him, although Indyke stressed that the payment depended on money remaining after the estate’s obligations were satisfied.

The questioning also drilled into areas that have become increasingly important to understanding Epstein’s infrastructure. Indyke acknowledged familiarity with the Florida Science Foundation, explaining that the name was associated with the older COUQ Foundation and confirming that a separate Florida Science Foundation entity had been incorporated in November 2007, after Epstein’s arrest and while his federal plea negotiations were underway. He also acknowledged that Epstein wanted a scientific organization through which he could perform work release, although Indyke said he did not know why the separate entity had originally been created. Investigators questioned him about alleged sham marriages, immigration matters, Epstein’s trusts, his relationship with Ghislaine Maxwell, his connections to Les and Abigail Wexner and the financial transactions he handled on Epstein’s behalf. Throughout the nearly seven-hour deposition, Indyke’s basic position remained remarkably consistent: he had been intimately involved with Epstein professionally, legally and financially, but claimed that he had not seen, participated in or understood the criminal conduct occurring around him. That tension between the breadth of Indyke’s responsibilities and the narrowness of what he claimed to know was ultimately the defining feature of his congressional testimony.



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