Trump appointee leading $205bn US agency had personal ties to Epstein, emails show

Ben Black’s lawyers deny relationship with disgraced financier, but DoJ records reveal years of interactionsBen Black, the head of a little-known government investment agency funded by billions of dollars from US taxpayers, had personal and business ties to , according to emails and business filings released by the Department of Justice.His father, Leon Black, had once been the disgraced financier’s – calling on the convicted sex offender for tax advice and to orchestrate payments to women, according to the and .