By Graham Kates
Updated on: March 19, 2026 / 8:09 PM EDT / CBS News
Darren Indyke, a lawyer who worked closely with Jeffrey Epstein for decades and serves as an executor of his estate, told the House Oversight Committee that he “had no knowledge whatsoever” of Epstein’s crimes.
Indyke, who was perhaps Epstein’s closest associate dating back to the 1990s, helped assemble Epstein’s complex network of businesses, properties and legal teams across numerous civil and criminal matters. In prepared remarks delivered behind closed doors, he said he did not socialize with Epstein and described himself as “one of many attorneys whom Mr. Epstein regularly consulted.”
“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,” Indyke said. He added, “The truth is that I did not know what Mr. Epstein did after hours, behind closed doors, and in places where I was not present.”
Indyke is the second of two executors of Epstein’s estate to testify before the committee. Accountant Richard Kahn testified on March 11 that he “was not aware of the nature or extent of Epstein’s abuse of so many women until after Epstein’s death.” Both men said in their prepared remarks that they would have stopped working for Epstein had they known about the crimes.
A lawyer for some of Epstein’s victims criticized Indyke’s statement. “Darren Indyke’s claimed ignorance of Jeffrey Epstein’s widespread abuse of women and girls is deeply troubling, especially given his role as Epstein’s longtime attorney,” attorney James Marsh said. “His testimony only underscores how much still remains hidden about the vast network of enablers that allowed these crimes to persist for decades.”
Indyke and Kahn appear on paperwork for dozens of interconnected companies that plaintiffs’ attorneys say facilitated payments to Epstein’s abuse survivors. Both were recently named in—and settled—a lawsuit alleging they facilitated sham marriages in which foreign-born victims married Americans Epstein abused for immigration purposes. Indyke denied those allegations in his prepared remarks, calling them “100% untrue.” He said he did not arrange, assist or facilitate marriages between acquaintances of Epstein, and that after same-sex marriage was legalized in New York he did not interrogate people’s reasons for marrying or the bona fides of relationships.
Committee Republicans and Democrats clashed over the deposition. Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the committee’s chairman, said Indyke was cooperative and “answering all of our questions,” and suggested Democrats focused on questions about President Trump rather than substantive issues. Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), the committee’s ranking member, highlighted Indyke’s confirmation that hard drives held by Epstein’s private investigators exist and are of “great interest” to the committee.
Indyke would not confirm or deny whether the estate reached a settlement with “Jane Doe 4,” a woman who alleged abuse by both Epstein and former President Trump and who the FBI interviewed, Garcia said. Kahn had earlier made and then recanted similar statements after Democrats criticized inconsistent testimony.
Other witnesses in the committee’s probe have included Ghislaine Maxwell, who invoked the Fifth Amendment, and former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who denied knowledge of Epstein’s crimes. Billionaire Les Wexner, a major Epstein benefactor, told the committee he was “duped by a world-class con man.” Comer said Kahn confirmed five clients who paid money to Epstein—Wexner, Glenn Dubin, Steven Sinofsky, the Rothschilds and Leon Black—and that Black would be deposed “very soon.”
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) described Indyke as “defensive” and “almost as if he still doesn’t believe Jeffrey Epstein to be who Jeffrey Epstein was.”
The Oversight Committee also had a tense exchange with Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, when Democrats walked out of a briefing that did not include testimony under oath. Garcia called the session a “fake hearing” and criticized Bondi for not committing to honor a subpoena issued by Comer, calling the episode part of a continuing “White House coverup of the Epstein files.”
In his testimony, Indyke said that had he known of Epstein’s crimes he would have stopped representing him, reiterated denials of allegations that he facilitated sham marriages, and noted he was not accused by any survivor of participating in or witnessing sexual abuse. The committee continues to investigate the extensive network of people and businesses tied to Epstein.