Billionaire's political contributions make the Epstein files a focus of Ohio's US Senate race
Brown is attacking Husted over a $3,500 donation from Wexner as a Justice Department exhibit on Epstein files heads to the state.
- In Ohio's Senate race, Democratic candidate Sherrod Brown launched television ads attacking Republican Sen. Jon Husted for accepting campaign contributions from billionaire Les Wexner, a former financial adviser to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
- Wexner, who has disavowed his association with Epstein, contributed about $116,000 to support Husted from 2001 to 2025, mostly during Husted's two decades in state politics before his appointment to fill Vice President JD Vance's seat last year.
- Husted's campaign countered by citing Brown's acceptance of donations from individuals named in the Epstein documents, including Abigail, Larry Summers, and Google CEO Eric Schmidt.
- After facing criticism, Husted donated $34,300 in available Wexner contributions to an anti-human trafficking charity, while Brown defended his decision to keep donations from individuals named in the files.
- The Epstein Reading Room tour, an exhibit displaying more than 3 million pages released by the Justice Department, is scheduled to arrive in Ohio on Oct. 7, potentially prolonging campaign focus on these ties.
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NE OH billionaire's ties to Epstein shift focus of state's Senate race
Billionaire Les Wexner has long been a magnet for political campaigns seeking contributions — especially in his native Ohio, where the retail tycoon directed a generous portion of his giving to candidates from both parties.
Billionaire's political contributions make Epstein files focus of Ohio's U.S. Senate race
COLUMBUS — Billionaire Les Wexner has long been a magnet for political campaigns seeking contributions — especially in his native Ohio, where the retail tycoon directed a generous portion of his giving to candidates from both parties. Then came the Epstein files.
How the Epstein files became a focus of Ohio’s Senate race
Billionaire Les Wexner has long been a magnet for political campaigns seeking contributions—especially in his native Ohio, where the retail tycoon directed a generous portion of his giving to candidates from both parties. Then came the Epstein files. Jeffrey Epstein, the late convicted sex offender, was Wexner’s former financial adviser. That relationship and Wexner’s history of political donations have figured prominently in Ohio’s U.S. Senate …
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