Longtime Epstein accountant testifies behind closed doors for roughly 7 hours in House Oversight probe | CNN Politics

Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime accountant testified his relationship with the late convicted sex offender “was strictly on a professional level,” as he faced investigators on Capitol Hill for roughly seven hours as part of the House Oversight Committee’s probe. Richard Kahn told lawmakers behind closed doors that he was unaware of the “terrible and unforgivable things that he [Epstein] did to women and girls” during the deposition with Republicans and Democrats on the panel. The committee on Wednesday sought answers on how Epstein made his money, how he spent it and whether it was used for any illegal activities. The congressional investigators dug into Epstein’s finances for months ahead of the interview through subpoenas to banks and visits to the Treasury Department. “We did not interact socially and I never attended any of his parties of his social functions. While Epstein was alive, I never observed any sexual abuse or trafficking of women and never received a complaint – either by one of Epstein’s victims or any one else – of such abuse or trafficking,” Kahn said in his opening statement, obtained by CNN. Kahn testified that had he “learned of any of his

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