New Delhi, July 14 -- NEW ALBANY, Ohio - In 2003, Les Wexner told Vanity Fair that Jeffrey Epstein had "always" been "a most loyal friend" with "excellent judgment and unusually high standards." Twenty-three years later, sitting across from congressional investigators at his Ohio mansion, Wexner said something different. "I didn't see Jeffrey as a friend," he told them. "We're friendly, but we're not friends."

The birthday card congressional investigators produced from the Epstein files said otherwise. Wexner had signed it "your friend Leslie."

Five House Democrats emerged from Wexner's nearly five-hour deposition in New Albany on February 18, 2026, with a blunt verdict. House Oversight Ranking Member Robert Garcia of California called ...