Back to Black with Julie Roginsky
Epstein’s most generous client, Leon Black, is suing the House Oversight committee just as lawmakers press him for nondisclosure agreements that the billionaire is refusing to share. So this week, Julie Roginsky, who helped pass two federal laws to limit the threat and power of NDAs for victims of sexual assault or harassment, joins the show to discuss the chilling effect of these agreements, why Leon Black is loathe to give them up, and how newer legislation like the Speak Out Act is intended to give victims and witnesses a voice.
Mentioned in this episode
Thomas Massie on X, on EFTA II
WSJ: Epstein “Assistant” Julia Stepanova Speaks Out
Politico: Leon Black Defies House Oversight, Sues Congress
WWLP: GOP Convention Site Redirects to Epstein Files
EFBC: Flings of Leon with William Cohan (our previous Leon Black episode)
Salty Politics (Julie Roginsky on Substack)
Congress.gov: The Speak Out Act
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Julie Roginsky, the co-founder of Lift Our Voices, has long been an outspoken champion of women’s rights and issues. A nationally recognized political consultant, Roginsky began her career working at a prominent organization dedicated to electing more women to political office. Throughout her career, she has focused her efforts on mentoring and empowering women to become engaged in the political process.
Since filing her lawsuit for sexual harassment and retaliation against the Fox News Channel and its chairman, Roger Ailes, she has dedicated herself to ending the silencing mechanisms that prevent survivors of workplace toxicity from coming forward about their experiences. In Congress, she championed the bipartisan Speak Out Act, which eradicates pre-dispute non-disclosure agreements for sexual assault and harassment. At the state level, she has advocated for laws that protect workers from retaliation for disclosing toxic workplace experiences.
Roginsky is a co-founder of the Mayday Network and the author of the Salty Politics newsletter on Substack. Previously, she was a contributor at CNBC and the Fox News Channel, where she frequently co-hosted “Outnumbered” and “The Five.”
She serves as an advisor to major corporations, start-ups, non-profits, labor unions, and dozens of elected officials, including governors, senators, members of the House of Representatives, and state legislators.
Roginsky received both her B.A. and M.A. with honors from Boston University, where her graduate work focused on studying the dissolution of the Soviet Uni… Read More
