The House Oversight Committee has moved to compel testimony from billionaire retail magnate Les Wexner as lawmakers intensify their probe into the late Jeffrey Epsteins vast and murky network of influence.
According to Gateway Pundit, the committee on Wednesday, February 7, voted to issue subpoenas to Wexner, the former chief executive of Victorias Secret and Bath & Body Works, who for years stood among Epsteins most lucrative and powerful clients. Forbes has estimated that Wexner and private equity billionaire Leon Black together were responsible for roughly 75 percent of the approximately half-billion dollars in fee income Epstein amassed between 1999 and 2018, underscoring how a small circle of ultra-wealthy patrons helped elevate Epstein into a global power player.
Wexner has since attempted to distance himself from the disgraced financier, insisting he is embarrassed by his association with Epstein and denying any personal wrongdoing in their dealings. NBC News reported: Wexner, the former CEO of Victorias Secret, had a lengthy relationship with Epstein dating to the 1980s and hired him to manage his personal finances.
In a 2019 letter to his Wexner Foundation, Wexner said he cut ties with Epstein after Epstein was accused of sexually abusing minors in Florida. After they parted ways, we discovered that he had misappropriated vast sums of money from me and my family, Wexner said. I deeply regret having ever crossed his path, he added.
A spokesman for Wexner has stated that the billionaire will cooperate fully with any governmental inquiry into Epstein, a pledge that will now be tested under the force of congressional subpoena.
Wexners name was mentioned in a 2019 FBI email about possible co-conspirators that was made public as part of the ongoing release of Epstein files by the Justice Department. A representative for Wexner previously told The Columbus Dispatch newspaper in Ohio that prosecutors informed Wexners attorney at the time that he was neither a co-conspirator nor target in any respect to the investigation.
The House Oversight Committee has already secured thousands of documents from Epsteins estate under a separate subpoena, as lawmakers seek to uncover who enabled Epsteins operations and who may have benefited from them. It has also subpoenaed former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, along with former Justice Department officials, signaling a widening inquiry that could expose years of elite protection and double standards that conservatives have long argued shield powerful Democrats while accountability is aggressively pursued against figures such as President Donald Trump.
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