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Deadline: White House

"Follow the money"

Deadline: White House

Nicolle Wallace, MS NOW

Politics, News, Ms Now, Government, Nicolle Wallace, Daily News, Msnbc, Versant, The White House, Washington Dc

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Nicolle Wallace on the House Oversight Committee questioning billionaire businessman Les Wexner, who was personally and financially tied to Jeffrey Epstein for decades.

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0:00.0

Hi there, everyone. It's 4 o'clock in New York from day one. The brave survivors of

0:10.8

Jeffrey Epstein's abuse have said, follow the money. So that is what lawmakers did today.

0:17.3

When members of the House Oversight Committee did something that the Department of Justice

0:20.9

has so far refused or failed to do. They questioned billionaire businessman Les Wexner, who was

0:27.3

personally and financially tied to Jeffrey Epstein for decades. Wexner was also named in a 2019

0:33.6

FBI memo as a co-conspirator, but he denies any involvement.

0:39.0

Wexner was reportedly cooperative with the questioning that took place today at his home in

0:42.9

Ohio. He told lawmakers that Jeffrey Epstein was, quote, a world-class con man, and he said

0:48.9

that he had no knowledge of the deceased sex offender's criminal activity before cutting

0:53.8

ties with Jeffrey Epstein in 2007.

0:57.0

That was clearly downplaying to put it mildly on Wexner's part,

1:00.9

according to lawmakers,

1:02.4

because here's how central Wexner was to all of Jeffrey Epstein's crimes,

1:06.8

according to Congressman Robert Garcia.

1:09.9

We should be very clear that the two were very close per reporting.

1:16.4

They spent a lot of time together.

1:19.2

Mr. Wexler admitted that he traveled to both Epstein's island as well as his other properties.

1:27.3

Mr. Wexer also admitted that Jeffrey Epstein had access to a lot of Mr. Wexer's wealth.

1:34.3

There would be no Epstein Island, there'd be no Epstein plane, there'd be no money to traffic

1:41.3

women and girls, Mr. Epstein would not be the wealthy man he was without

1:48.0

the support of Les Wexner.

1:52.5

So the lawmakers said that what happened today was just the start of their questions for Wexner.

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