众议院监督委员会周三将听取一位亿万富翁的证词，该亿万富翁在2019年FBI文件中被列为杰弗里·爱泼斯坦（Jeffrey Epstein）的同谋者之一。
莱斯·韦克斯纳（Les Wexner）是众议院调查联邦政府处理爱泼斯坦案件的最新一名接受讯问的人员。
然而，与之前大多数证词不同的是，委员会工作人员以及可能有部分议员将在周三上午前往俄亥俄州，在韦克斯纳的家乡对其进行讯问。
韦克斯纳的发言人拒绝就此次讯问以及他是否会援引第五修正案权利拒绝回答问题置评。
比尔·克林顿猛烈抨击科默拒绝举行公开爱泼斯坦听证会：“别再玩游戏了”
维多利亚的秘密（Victoria’s Secret）创始人莱斯·韦克斯纳正在接受众议院监督委员会对爱泼斯坦案调查的讯问。(Alexander Sayganov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images; Rick Friedman/Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis via Getty Images)
但如果韦克斯纳配合委员会的询问，他的证词可能是解开爱泼斯坦2019年在曼哈顿监狱自杀前如何积累巨额财富的关键信息。
这位88岁的商人是L Brands的创始人，该公司前身为The Limited，通过它他收购了维多利亚的秘密、Bath & Body Works、Express和Abercrombie & Fitch等知名公司。
他也是爱泼斯坦早期的主要客户之一，担任其财务顾问，爱泼斯坦被授予管理韦克斯纳巨额财富的授权。
韦克斯纳还将他在曼哈顿的联排别墅出售给了爱泼斯坦，后来该别墅被发现是联邦当局指控爱泼斯坦虐待18岁以下年轻女性和女孩的地点之一。
洛杉矶奥运会负责人在爱泼斯坦文件中出现与吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦尔的电子邮件后作出回应
L Brands创始人兼前首席执行官莱斯·韦克斯纳于2017年11月2日在俄亥俄州新奥尔巴尼的公司总部举行的投资者日活动上发言。(Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)
但韦克斯纳从未因这名已故恋童癖者的罪行被刑事指控或起诉。
韦克斯纳2019年8月7日写给其韦克斯纳基金会慈善机构的一封信中表示，在近20年前首次对爱泼斯坦的罪行展开联邦调查后，他就与爱泼斯坦断绝了关系。
韦克斯纳还指控爱泼斯坦滥用其巨额财富。
周二，福克斯新闻数字频道获得的这封信中写道：“随着针对爱泼斯坦先生在佛罗里达州的指控浮出水面，他强烈否认了这些指控。但到2007年秋季初，我们一致认为他应该退出我们个人财务的管理。在这个过程中，我们发现他挪用了我和我的家人的巨额资金。”
“坦率地说，这是一个巨大的震惊，尽管与现在对他提出的难以想象的指控相比，这显然相形见绌。由于他的可信度和我们对他的信任被摧毁，我们立即与他断绝了关系。我们追回了一些资金。”
众议院监督委员会主席詹姆斯·科默（James Comer）于2026年2月9日在国会大厦与杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的前女友兼心腹吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦尔进行闭门讯问后对记者发言。(J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
韦克斯纳是众议院监督委员会在爱泼斯坦调查中第四位接受讯问的人员。
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众议院监督委员会主席、肯塔基州共和党人詹姆斯·科默此前通过讯问前特朗普政府司法部长比尔·巴尔、前特朗普劳工部长亚历克斯·阿科斯塔（Alex Acosta）（他是佛罗里达州美国检察官，签署了爱泼斯坦臭名昭著的2008年不起诉协议）以及被定罪的爱泼斯坦同谋吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦尔，领导了该小组的调查。
麦克斯韦尔在援引第五修正案后拒绝回答问题，除非得到唐纳德·特朗普总统的赦免，其讯问持续了不到一小时。
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The House Oversight Committee is hearing from a billionaire on Wednesday who was named one of Jeffrey Epstein’s co-conspirators by a 2019 FBI document.
Les Wexner is the latest person to be deposed in the House’s investigation into the federal government’s handling of Epstein’s case.
Unlike most previous depositions, however, committee staff and potentially some lawmakers are traveling to Ohio on Wednesday morning to depose Wexner in his home state.
A spokesperson for Wexner declined to comment on the deposition and on whether he would invoke his Fifth Amendment right to avoid answering questions.
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Victoria’s Secret founder Les Wexner is being deposed in the House Oversight Committee’s Jeffrey Epstein probe.(Alexander Sayganov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images; Rick Friedman/Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis via Getty Images)
But if he cooperates with the committee’s questioning, Wexner’s insight is likely to be key to unlocking information on just how Epstein obtained his vast wealth before dying by suicide in a Manhattan jail in 2019.
The 88-year-old businessman is the founder of L Brands, formerly called The Limited, through which he acquired well-known companies Victoria’s Secret, Bath & Body Works, Express, and Abercrombie & Fitch, among others.
He was also one of Epstein’s first major clients as a financial advisor, with Epstein being granted power of attorney over Wexner’s vast wealth.
Wexner also sold his Manhattan townhouse to Epstein, which was later discovered to be one of the locations where federal authorities accused Epstein of abusing young women and girls under 18.
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L Brands founder and former CEO Les Wexner speaks during the company’s investor day at the retailer’s headquarters in New Albany, Ohio, on Nov. 2, 2017.(Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)
But Wexner has never been criminally accused nor charged in relation to the late pedophile’s crimes.
A letter from Wexner to his Wexner Foundation charity dated Aug. 7, 2019, said he ended his relationship with Epstein sometime after the first federal investigation into his crimes emerged nearly 20 years ago.
Wexner also accused Epstein of misusing his vast wealth.
“As the allegations against Mr. Epstein in Florida were emerging, he vehemently denied them. But by early fall 2007, it was agreed that he should step back from the management of our personal finances. In that process, we discovered that he had misappropriated vast sums of money from me and my family,” read the letter, obtained by Fox News Digital on Tuesday.
“This was, frankly, a tremendous shock, even though it clearly pales in comparison to the unthinkable allegations against him now. With his credibility and our trust in him destroyed, we immediately severed ties with him. We were able to recover some of the funds.”
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer speaks to reporters after a closed-door deposition with Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend and confidante of Jeffrey Epstein, at the Capitol, Feb. 9, 2026.(J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Wexner is the fourth person appearing before the House Oversight Committee in its Epstein probe.
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House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., previously oversaw the panel through the depositions of former Trump administration Attorney General Bill Barr, ex-Trump Labor Secretary Alex Acosta, who was the U.S. attorney in Florida who signed off on Epstein’s infamous 2008 non-prosecution agreement, and convicted Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.
Maxwell’s deposition lasted less than an hour after she invoked the Fifth Amendment, refusing to answer questions unless she was granted clemency by President Donald Trump.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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