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Ohio retail billionaire Les Wexner appeared before a House congressional committee on Wednesday and flatly denied any knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein‘s crimes during a six-hour closed-door deposition at his New Albany estate, an assertion that prompted swift and pointed scepticism from Democratic lawmakers who said it simply was not credible given the documented depth of the two men’s financial relationship.

Wexner, 88, the former founder and chief executive of L Brands, the retail conglomerate that once controlled Victoria’s Secret, Bath and Body Works, and Abercrombie and Fitch, appeared under subpoena before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform …