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January 8, 2026

House Oversight Committee to Subpoena Billionaire Les Wexner over Epstein Ties
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The House Oversight Committee has secured subpoenas to seek testimony
from billionaire Les Wexner and two executors of the estate of convicted
serial sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The subpoenas come as the Justice
Department has released just over 12,000 documents from more than 2
million files related to Epstein - which amounts to less than 1% of its
files. That's despite a measure passed by Congress ordering the DOJ to
release the vast majority of the files by December 19. U.S. Attorney
General Pam Bondi claimed in a federal court filing Monday that the
DOJ's supposed efforts to protect the identities of Epstein's survivors
had slowed the process.


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