The Justice Department dumped three million pages of Epstein files – and the most powerful people in America are still pretending they barely knew the man.
Now one of them is under oath.
Les Wexner sat in his Ohio mansion Wednesday and gave Congress the one name that explains how a nobody con man became the most connected predator in the world – and it reaches into a banking dynasty that has controlled European wealth for two centuries.
Wexner Names the Rothschilds Under Oath
The Victoria's Secret billionaire told the House Oversight Committee on February 18 that Jeffrey Epstein offered the Rothschild family of France as his personal reference.
Wexner said Epstein pointed specifically to his "personal work for the Rothschild family in France" as the credential that sealed the deal.
And Wexner didn't just take Epstein's word for it.
He picked up the phone and called Élie de Rothschild – one of the most prominent figures in French banking history – to verify.
Élie confirmed it.
"Well, specifically, I talked to Élie de Rothschild," Wexner told lawmakers. "So he represented their whole family."
That was all Wexner needed to hand Jeffrey Epstein the keys to his entire financial empire – a power of attorney so sweeping it gave Epstein the authority to sign checks, buy property, and move money without asking permission.
A Pattern the Elites Hoped You'd Never Connect
Here's how it worked.
Élie de Rothschild died in 2007.
He can't be cross-examined.
He can't deny it.
But the Rothschild name doesn't stop there in the Epstein files.
Reuters reported earlier this month that Ariane de Rothschild – the current CEO of the Edmond de Rothschild Swiss private bank – traded dozens of messages with Epstein and arranged multiple meetings with him over a five-year period, all after Epstein had already been convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor.
Even after Epstein served time in a Florida jail, she was still inviting him to meet.
Her name appears more than 4,400 times in the Justice Department's document release.
The bank's explanation?
He was a "business acquaintance."
Something Smells In Wexner’s Story
Wexner spent five hours under oath trying to explain why Epstein ended up with full power of attorney over one of America's great retail fortunes.
The answer – according to Wexner – is that the Rothschild name was the crowbar that opened the door.
Epstein didn't just claim the Rothschilds.
According to Wexner, Epstein also claimed he was managing money for the founders of Google and for Jeff Bezos – names designed to make Wexner feel like he was joining elite company.
"Wow, I'm in good company," Wexner told lawmakers he thought at the time, "because these are really smart guys with a lot of money."
Wexner's original financial adviser, Harold Levin, told him flat out not to trust Epstein – "I smell a rat" – and quit rather than watch it happen.
He probably smelled two.
Wexner handed Epstein the power of attorney anyway in 1991.
The Questions Congress Hasn't Answered
Congressional investigators say roughly one billion dollars in total moved from Wexner to Epstein – an estimate, per Rep. Robert Garcia, covering cash transfers, stocks, and direct payments – all of it funding the man sitting in that Ohio living room saying he was "duped."
The FBI named Wexner a co-conspirator in August 2019.
He has not been charged with a crime.
Few are satisfied with that.
"There is no single person that was more involved in providing Jeffrey Epstein with the financial support to commit his crimes than Les Wexner," Rep. Robert Garcia said outside Wexner's home.
Wexner's deposition video is now public.
The Rothschild connection is now on the record.
Sources:
- Anthony Scott, "Billionaire Les Wexner Under Oath Tells Lawmakers Jeffrey Epstein Was a Financial Adviser for The Rothschild Family," The Gateway Pundit, February 19, 2026.
- "Jeffrey Epstein and Les Wexner's Friendship: A Timeline," Rolling Stone, February 2026.
- "Oversight Committee Releases Les Wexner Deposition Video," House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, February 19, 2026.
- "Globalist Web? Wexner Says Epstein Claimed Rothschild and Big Tech Billionaire Clients," Lifezette, February 2026.
- Ariane Luthi and Tommy Reggiori Wilkes, "Epstein Files Show Swiss Bank CEO De Rothschild Kept Up Years-Long Personal Contact With Financier," Reuters/U.S. News, February 5, 2026.
- "Les Wexner Says 'Diabolical' Jeffrey Epstein 'Duped' Him, Denies Wrongdoing," CNBC, February 18, 2026.
