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The latest Department of Justice release has put Leslie Wexner back in the glare of public scrutiny, with documents showing his name listed as a potential co-conspirator in FBI materials from 2019. This is not idle gossip — it’s in the files that federal investigators compiled around Jeffrey Epstein, and the American people deserve straight answers about why such a prominent name sat in shadow for so long.
Last week, members of Congress did the right thing and went to New Albany to depose Wexner in person, forcing a famously private billionaire to answer questions under oath about his ties to Epstein. That deposition should remind every American that checks and balances still matter when lawmakers are willing to travel to where power hides, rather than letting it hide in plain sight.
The newly unredacted material paints a disturbing picture of how Epstein was embedded in Wexner’s financial world: Epstein once had power of attorney, was listed in business documents alongside Wexner, and appears hundreds of times across the files. These are not trivial bookkeeping notes — they show the kind of intimacy that ought to make anyone skeptical of convenient denials until we see verifiable, documentary proof to the contrary.
Wexner’s presence in the files also highlights a far deeper problem: the Justice Department’s botched redactions that protected powerful names while exposing victims’ identities, then prompted a combative hearing where Attorney General Pam Bondi was grilled on why names like Wexner were obscured. The American public has every right to be furious when government agencies appear to shield elites while failing the vulnerable, and Congress should not let the matter fade due to bureaucratic excuses.
Wexner says he cooperated fully with investigators in 2019 and denies criminal wrongdoing, insisting he was duped by Epstein — a defense that deserves scrutiny but not automatic dismissal. The facts matter: cooperation statements and denials are part of the record, and they should be tested against documents, witnesses, and a transparent inquiry rather than protected by legalism or elite privilege.
Patriots know the difference between calling for accountability and indulging in a witch hunt; accountability means following evidence where it leads, prosecuting wrongdoing when proven, and protecting survivors when their privacy is at risk. If the system allowed names to be hidden for convenience, then Congress must demand better oversight, faster releases of records, and real consequences for the bureaucrats who thought redactions were a cover-up rather than a legal obligation.
Hardworking Americans deserve a justice system that treats the little guy and the billionaire the same, and right now that balance is broken. Lawmakers who forced this deposition and pushed for transparency deserve support — not hollow platitudes — until every relevant document is released, every reasonable question is answered, and every victim is treated with the dignity and protection they were promised.
