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| 3475 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 0 | SPEAKER_03 | 5.38 | 56.44 | Time is 10.05 and we'll go on the record. This is a deposition of Mr. Darren Indyke, conducted by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, under the authority granted to it pursuant to House Rule 10. Accordingly, House Rule 10 grants the committee broad jurisdiction for the committee to conduct investigations of any matter at any time. On January 7, 2026, the committee voted to approve a motion directing the chairman to authorize and issue a subpoena to you for a deposition. On Ja… |
| 3476 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 1 | SPEAKER_02 | 56.76 | 58.0 | As Exhibit 1. |
| 3477 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 2 | SPEAKER_03 | 59.88 | 100.66 | The committee noticed the deposition for Mr. Indyke on March 4, 2026. I will enter the notice for this deposition as Exhibit 2. Can the witness please state his name and spell his last name for the record? Darren Indyke, I-N-D-Y-K-E. Thank you, Mr. Indyke. My name is Jack Emmer and I am the Chief Counsel for Investigations. Under the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform's rules, you are allowed to have a counsel present to advise you during this deposition. Do you have a counsel represen… |
| 3478 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 3 | SPEAKER_02 | 101.48 | 102.24 | I do. |
| 3479 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 4 | SPEAKER_01 | 102.58 | 109.4 | Will counsel please identify themselves for the record? Mark Weinstein from Hughes, Hubbard & Reed. |
| 3480 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 5 | SPEAKER_03 | 110.2 | 112.54 | Daniel Weiner, also from Hughes, Hubbard & Reed. |
| 3481 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 6 | SPEAKER_02 | 112.9 | 113.98 | Thank you. Thank you. |
| 3482 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 7 | SPEAKER_01 | 114.22 | 128.86 | Thank you. Now, starting with the majority staff. Thank you. Will the additional staff members please introduce themselves with their name, title, and affiliation? Billy Grant, Deputy Chief Counsel for Investigations for Chairman Comer. Peter Spector, Deputy Director of Oversight for Chairman Comer. |
| 3483 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 8 | SPEAKER_03 | 129.2 | 284.48 | Daniel Ashworth, General Counsel for Chairman Comer. Ryan Giacchetti, Chief Counsel for Chairman Comer. Will Harness, Professional Staff, Executive Chairman Comer. Alison Tolan, Counsel for Chairman Comer. Brittany Bergnaut, Senior Counsel for Chairman Comer. Emily Feiderovan, Counsel for Chairman Comer. And we'll pass with professional staff for Chairman Comer. Jack Ferla, counsel for Chairman Comer. Melvin Soto, Digital Director for Chairman Comer. Thank you all. Mr. Endyke, before we begin, I… |
| 3484 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 9 | SPEAKER_02 | 284.84 | 285.72 | I understand. |
| 3485 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 10 | SPEAKER_03 | 286.32 | 320.0 | You are required by law to answer questions from Congress truthfully. This also applies to questions posed by Congressional staff in this deposition. Do you understand? I do. If at any time you knowingly make false statements, you could be subject to criminal prosecution, including but not limited to perjury. Do you understand? I do. This includes both knowingly providing false testimony but also stating that you do not recall or remember something when in fact you do. Do you understand? |
| 3486 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 11 | SPEAKER_02 | 320.38 | 320.9 | I do. |
| 3487 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 12 | SPEAKER_03 | 321.94 | 338.6 | Furthermore, you cannot tell half-truths or exclude information necessary to make statements accurate. You are required to provide all information that would make your response truthful. A deliberate failure to disclose information can constitute a false statement. |
| 3488 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 13 | SPEAKER_02 | 338.86 | 340.56 | Do you understand? I do. |
| 3489 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 14 | SPEAKER_03 | 340.76 | 345.6 | Is there any reason you are unable to provide truthful testimony in today's interview? |
| 3490 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 15 | SPEAKER_02 | 346.1 | 346.6 | No. |
| 3491 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 16 | SPEAKER_03 | 347.44 | 402.24 | Please note, if you wish to assert a privilege over any statement today, that assertion must comply with the rules of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Pursuant to that, Committee Rule 16 states, for the Chair to consider assertions of privilege over testimony or statements, witnesses or entities must clearly state the specific privilege being asserted, and the reason for the assertion on or before the scheduled date of testimony or appearance. For the purposes of this deposition… |
| 3492 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 17 | SPEAKER_02 | 402.48 | 403.98 | Do you understand? I do. |
| 3493 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 18 | SPEAKER_03 | 405.56 | 410.46 | Ordinarily, we take a five-minute break at the end of each hour of questioning, but if you need a |
| 3494 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 19 | SPEAKER_01 | 410.46 | 419.24 | longer break or a break before that, please let us know and we will be happy to accommodate. However, to the extent there is a pending question, we would ask |
| 3495 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 20 | SPEAKER_03 | 419.24 | 423.02 | that you finish answering the question before we take the break. Do you understand? |
| 3496 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 21 | SPEAKER_02 | 423.48 | 424.08 | I do. |
| 3497 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 22 | SPEAKER_00 | 425.34 | 479.24 | Finally, I will note for everyone here today that the contents of what we discuss in the deposition today is confidential under the House Deposition Regulation. Under the rules, the Chairman and ranking minority members shall consult before any release of the testimony or appearance. This means it is a violation of House and Committee rules to disclose the content of the deposition prior to its official release. For this reason, the marked exhibits that we will use today will remain with the cou… |
| 3498 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 23 | SPEAKER_02 | 479.5 | 480.0 | I do. |
| 3499 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 24 | SPEAKER_00 | 482.14 | 484.44 | Do you have any questions before we begin? |
| 3500 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 25 | SPEAKER_02 | 484.92 | 485.6 | I do not. |
| 3501 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 26 | SPEAKER_00 | 486.66 | 490.44 | We understand that you have an opening statement that you would like to read into the record. |
| 3502 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 27 | SPEAKER_02 | 490.74 | 499.32 | I do, if I may. You may. Thank you. Good morning, everyone. |
| 3503 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 28 | SPEAKER_00 | 500.78 | 517.1 | I'd like to thank the Committee for working with the Epstein Estate over the past six-plus months. As a co-executor of the Estate, I have done my very best to cooperate with the Committee and to respond to the Committee's request for documents, photographs, and other information relating |
| 3504 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 29 | SPEAKER_02 | 517.1 | 518.04 | to Jeffrey Epstein. |
| 3505 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 30 | SPEAKER_00 | 518.84 | 543.68 | As you know, the Estate produced voluminous materials in response to the Committee's subpoena and communicated regularly with both the Committee's majority and minority staffs on the timing, scope, and content of the Estate's responses. My appearance here today, as with my co-executor's testimony before the Committee last week, represents our continuing cooperation with the Committee's efforts to investigate matters |
| 3506 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 31 | SPEAKER_02 | 543.68 | 544.76 | regarding Mr. Epstein. |
| 3507 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 32 | SPEAKER_00 | 545.46 | 767.7 | In addition, since we were appointed in 2019 by the United States Virgin Islands Probate Court as co-executors of Mr. Epstein's estate, we have fully cooperated with the U.S. Department of Justice's investigation of Epstein-related matters. I'd also like to note the extensive efforts that my co-executor and I have made to address the wrongs committed by Mr. Epstein during his lifetime. At our direction, the Estate initiated, developed, and funded the Epstein Victims Compensation Program, the fir… |
| 3508 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 33 | SPEAKER_02 | 767.7 | 768.6 | pay for a wide range of credit cards. The bank had no money to invest in them, and the bank's |
| 3509 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 34 | SPEAKER_00 | 768.6 | 823.12 | variety of expenses, including maintenance, repairs, and daily household needs for his residential properties in New York, Florida, New Mexico, Paris, and the USVI, as well as meals, gifts, gratuities, and fuel for his private aircraft. For a person of Mr. Epstein's financial position, with five multi-million dollar residences, staffed by dozens of employees, and with an extensive travel itinerary, it did not strike me as unusual that Mr. Epstein's business, household, and personal needs require… |
| 3510 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 35 | SPEAKER_03 | 823.14 | 830.74 | Those allegations, too, are 100% untrue. I did not arrange, assist, or facilitate any |
| 3511 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 36 | SPEAKER_01 | 830.74 | 835.74 | marriages between acquaintances of Mr. Epstein, nor was I aware in advance that such marriages |
| 3512 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 37 | SPEAKER_03 | 835.74 | 871.86 | took place. Same-sex marriage has been legal in New York since 2011 with this passage of the Marriage Equality Act. I did not consider it appropriate to interrogate anyone as to the reasons for their decisions to marry or the bona fides of their relationships. I don't mean in any way to condone or excuse Mr. Epstein's reprehensible conduct. Quite the opposite, I condemn it wholeheartedly. Had I known that he was abusing or trafficking women, I would have quit working for him at once and severed … |
| 3513 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 38 | SPEAKER_00 | 871.86 | 877.42 | did not know what Mr. Epstein did after hours, what he did behind closed doors, and what he did |
| 3514 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 39 | SPEAKER_03 | 877.42 | 882.1 | in places where I was not present. I first met Epstein in 1996, |
| 3515 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 40 | SPEAKER_02 | 882.38 | 883.12 | when he was a young man in his early twenties. I was a young man in my early twenties, |
| 3516 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 41 | SPEAKER_03 | 883.14 | 888.78 | when he was already a highly successful businessman. After he pled guilty in 2008 to procuring a |
| 3517 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 42 | SPEAKER_00 | 888.78 | 940.04 | person under the age of 18 for prostitution, Mr. Epstein appeared to me to be devastated and extremely contrite. He was adamant that he had no idea that anyone involved was underage, and personally assured me that he would never again let himself be in that position. I believed him, and I made the mistake of believing that Mr. Epstein would not again commit a crime. I deeply regret doing so. Most importantly, I feel horrible for the women whom Mr. Epstein abused. While my professional associatio… |
| 3518 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 43 | SPEAKER_03 | 940.56 | 947.46 | and the other, a private, personal one that caused many others to suffer. That I did not know what my client did in |
| 3519 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 44 | SPEAKER_00 | 947.46 | 953.32 | his private life may be difficult for some to believe, but it's true. Thank you. |
| 3520 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 45 | SPEAKER_03 | 955.26 | 967.1 | Starting with the majority, may all individuals, members, and staff who have since joined us since the beginning please announce themselves for the record? James Colmer, chairman of Kentucky. |
| 3521 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 46 | SPEAKER_00 | 967.54 | 969.3 | Andy Big Scott from the Arizona Five. |
| 3522 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 47 | SPEAKER_03 | 970.3 | 972.24 | William Timmons, South House 4th Congresswoman. Thank you very much. |
| 3523 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 48 | SPEAKER_00 | 972.24 | 996.3 | Stephen Cutt, chairman of theisk Taiwansen Department ofreichenal District. Thank you. The time reads 10 22, and the majority's time will begin now. Mr Indyk, let's begin by discussing your education experience. where did you attend undergraduate school? |
| 3524 | Darren Indyke — House Oversight Committee 5 | 49 | SPEAKER_02 | 996.54 | 997.4 | Colgate University. |