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| id ▼ | deposition_id | segment_index | speaker | start_seconds | end_seconds | text |
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| 1 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 0 | SPEAKER_04 | 4.86 | 5.98 | We'll go on the record. |
| 2 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 1 | SPEAKER_03 | 7.28 | 68.8 | This is a deposition of Mr. Leslie H. Wexner conducted by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform under the authority granted to it pursuant to House Rule 10. Accordingly, House Rule 10 grants the committee broad jurisdiction for the committee to conduct investigations of any matter at any time. On January 7, 2026, the committee voted to approve a motion directing the chairman to authorize and issue a subpoena to you for a deposition. On January 23, 2026, Chairman Comer issued a s… |
| 3 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 2 | SPEAKER_04 | 81.86 | 119.56 | Do you have copies of the exhibits for us? Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, The Nexus. |
| 4 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 3 | SPEAKER_03 | 119.56 | 125.52 | Can the witness please state his name and spell his last name for the record? Leslie. |
| 5 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 4 | SPEAKER_01 | 125.64 | 130.34 | L-E-S-L-I-E-H-W-E-X-N-E-R. Thank you. |
| 6 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 5 | SPEAKER_03 | 130.88 | 151.12 | Thank you. Under the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform's rules, you are allowed to have a council present to advise you during this deposition. Do you have a council representing you in a personal capacity? capacity present with you today yes yes will counsel please identify themselves |
| 7 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 6 | SPEAKER_01 | 151.12 | 156.3 | for the record Michael Levy of Ellermann and Zinna Levy on behalf of Mr. Wexner |
| 8 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 7 | SPEAKER_05 | 156.3 | 167.48 | Elizabeth Martin with Ellermann and Zinna Levy for Mr. Wexner for the record |
| 9 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 8 | SPEAKER_03 | 167.48 | 317.18 | starting with the majority staff can the additional staff members please introduce themselves with their name title and affiliation thank you all Mr. Wexner before we we begin I would like to go over the ground rules for this deposition the questioning will proceed in rounds the majority will ask questions for an hour and then the minority will have an opportunity to ask questions for an hour if they choose to the acceptance of the questions will be given by the majority of the staff members hav… |
| 10 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 9 | SPEAKER_04 | 317.18 | 318.82 | i think i do |
| 11 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 10 | SPEAKER_03 | 321.82 | 375.16 | you are required by law to answer questions from congress truthfully this also applies to questions posed by congressional staff in this deposition do you understand yes if at any time you knowingly make false statements you could be subject to criminal prosecution including but not limited to perjury do you understand yes this includes both knowingly providing false testimony but also stating that you do not recall or remember something when in fact you do do you understand yes of course furthe… |
| 12 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 11 | SPEAKER_04 | 375.16 | 382.02 | nine please note if you wish to assert a privilege over unders finding anything which directly relates to personal insight on my |
| 13 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 12 | SPEAKER_03 | 382.02 | 499.02 | for any statement today that assertion must comply with the rules of the committee on oversight and government reform pursuant to that can you rule 16c1 states for the chair to consider assertions of privilege over testimonial statements witnesses or entities must clearly state the specific privilege being asserted in the reason for the assertion on or before the scheduled date testimony or or appearance for the purposes of this deposition objections must be stated concisely and in a none argume… |
| 14 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 13 | SPEAKER_05 | 500.62 | 508.9 | to raise your right hand for me please do you solemnly declare and affirm under penalty of perjury that the testimony you're about to give will be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth absolutely |
| 15 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 14 | SPEAKER_03 | 512.9 | 515.16 | do you have any questions before we begin |
| 16 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 15 | SPEAKER_01 | 517.4 | 526.9 | i'd like a cup of hot coffee you mind no look someone could get it but we can go off the record yeah |
| 17 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 16 | SPEAKER_03 | 531.04 | 543.02 | we will go back on the record another member of congress joined can he please identify himself for the record uh |
| 18 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 17 | SPEAKER_05 | 543.02 | 544.52 | out of california |
| 19 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 18 | SPEAKER_04 | 544.52 | 547.04 | i'm sorry |
| 20 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 19 | SPEAKER_01 | 547.04 | 559.8 | the time reads 10 17 and the majority's time will begin now the time reads 10 17 and the majority's time will begin now |
| 21 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 20 | SPEAKER_03 | 559.8 | 608.4 | the time reads 10 17 and the majority's time will begin now mr wexner is it true that you submitted a statement to the committee this morning yes they did i will now enter as exhibit one the statement of leslie h it's exhibit three because you've oh exhibit three excuse me statement of leslie h wexner submitted the committee on oversight and government reform february 18 2026. mr wexner let's start by briefly discussing your education and experience where did you attend undergraduate school the … |
| 22 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 21 | SPEAKER_01 | 615.12 | 665.04 | well i was raised in a very poor family and we had no money and we had no money and i had an aunt ida and she gave me loaned me me i opened a store every year for the next 5 or 6 years and so by 1969 i had six stores i took that company public not to raise money because It was remarkably successful, and I wanted the associates of the business to own a piece of the business, so I gave stock to virtually everybody that worked in the stores and the back rooms and cleaning people. |
| 23 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 22 | SPEAKER_04 | 665.22 | 667.44 | I mean, just, I'm very proud of that. |
| 24 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 23 | SPEAKER_01 | 667.88 | 719.04 | And then opened more stores and more stores, and figured out at one point that there was a limit to how many limited stores I could open. So I opened, invented a second business called Express, and opened up more and more stores. And what the business then turned into was the largest multi-division fashion specialty business in the world. And in hindsight, I kind of invented multi-store national and international store retailing. And just a remarkable, as I look back, I don't know how I did it, … |
| 25 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 24 | SPEAKER_04 | 722.0 | 730.04 | So that's what I did. And that's what I did in business. |
| 26 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 25 | SPEAKER_01 | 730.2 | 737.66 | I started to tell you what I do personally, but that's another story. Thank you. |
| 27 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 26 | SPEAKER_03 | 738.26 | 745.3 | Let's move on to your relationship with Mr. Epstein. When did you first meet Jeffrey Epstein? |
| 28 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 27 | SPEAKER_01 | 750.62 | 760.8 | Probably 35 years ago, 40 years ago, I don't remember exactly. And met him through friends. |
| 29 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 28 | SPEAKER_02 | 761.66 | 764.5 | Approximately what year would you have met him? |
| 30 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 29 | SPEAKER_04 | 771.76 | 782.94 | Probably between 80 and 85, I don't remember. And how did you first come to meet Mr. Epstein? It was really by accident. |
| 31 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 30 | SPEAKER_01 | 784.7 | 817.12 | I was friends with a couple, Bob and Wendy Meister. And I was in Florida, and I'd never been to Florida. So they were driving me. They were driving me around, showing me what South Florida looked like. And they showed me the Breaker's Hotel, and they were just driving around the driveway. And Bob stopped the car, and he said, there's somebody you should meet, a really smart, savvy guy named Jeffrey Epstein. And so they stopped the car. |
| 32 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 31 | SPEAKER_04 | 817.3 | 821.54 | I was sitting in the back seat, and they introduced me to Jeffrey. |
| 33 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 32 | SPEAKER_01 | 821.68 | 823.46 | And we drove off. That was about it. |
| 34 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 33 | SPEAKER_03 | 824.06 | 830.48 | So at that time, you had no knowledge. You had no knowledge of Mr. Epstein until Mr. Meister introduced you to him? |
| 35 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 34 | SPEAKER_01 | 831.7 | 834.28 | Never heard of him, never saw him, never met him. |
| 36 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 35 | SPEAKER_03 | 835.68 | 839.26 | Did Mr. Meister ever raise any concerns about Mr. Epstein? |
| 37 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 36 | SPEAKER_04 | 841.06 | 847.22 | No, he didn't. And you meet him in Florida. |
| 38 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 37 | SPEAKER_03 | 848.32 | 856.4 | What's your first impression of Mr. Epstein? I've never met him. Kind of a medium. |
| 39 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 38 | SPEAKER_01 | 856.68 | 863.64 | Dark-haired guy. I don't remember saying much more hello, shaking his hands, or maybe nodding from the back seat of the car. |
| 40 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 39 | SPEAKER_03 | 864.06 | 866.12 | What was your first impression of Mr. Epstein? |
| 41 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 40 | SPEAKER_01 | 867.3 | 870.9 | He was just a guy, about medium height and with dark hair. |
| 42 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 41 | SPEAKER_03 | 871.46 | 913.78 | At that time, did you have any understanding of what he did for work? No. Did you understand Mr. Epstein to already be wealthy when you met him? No. At this time, I would like to introduce what will be marked as Majority Exhibit 4. This is a Vanity Fair article entitled, Inside Jeffrey Epstein's Bond with Les Wexner from 2021. The article reports on the origins of your relationship with Mr. Wexner. |
| 43 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 42 | SPEAKER_04 | 923.76 | 937.04 | The article is notります the history of theCould you tell us the true story of the individual who caused the death of your husband? I will say to you that the subject matter of the article does not necessarily be true. I just want to express my personal gains when talking about the effect of the evidence you have on the evidence. I'm very happy to review your testimony in this matter. |
| 44 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 43 | SPEAKER_01 | 937.04 | 939.72 | Can you generally provide the testimony in detail? Can I go to a little bit further, please? Thank you. |
| 45 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 44 | SPEAKER_05 | 939.92 | 942.44 | If you could just take it up to the front. |
| 46 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 45 | SPEAKER_02 | 942.44 | 945.34 | Thank you, Mr. Epstein. Thank you, Mr. Epstein. |
| 47 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 46 | SPEAKER_01 | 945.52 | 950.56 | Thank you. I'm noting my objection. I'm not instructing him not to answer. I'm noting that this is hearsay. That's all. Okay. |
| 48 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 47 | SPEAKER_03 | 958.78 | 976.6 | So in the article, it says that you met Epstein sometime around 1986. Consistent with your testimony today, it says that you were introduced by Mr. Maester. Maester. Do you agree with the article's characterization? |
| 49 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 48 | SPEAKER_04 | 977.1 | 980.32 | I don't know. I've never seen the article. |
| 50 | Les Wexner — House Oversight Committee 1 | 49 | SPEAKER_03 | 982.94 | 990.36 | Do you agree with the article's characterization that you met Mr. Epstein through Mr. Maester? |