JTA — Newly released federal investigative documents and a looming congressional deposition have renewed scrutiny of Leslie Wexner, the Ohio billionaire philanthropist long known in the Jewish world for his leadership and largesse — and more recently for his decades-long association with the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Wexner, the founder of retail giant L Brands and the Wexner Foundation, was publicly named Tuesday by US Representative Ro Khanna as one of six powerful men whose identities had been redacted from millions of pages of “Epstein Files” released January 30 by the Department of Justice under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

Khanna, speaking from the floor of the House, said the FBI had labeled Wexner an “unindicted co-conspirator” in investigative documents drafted shortly after Epstein’s 2019 death, although the files also note “limited evidence” against him.

The appearance of Wexner’s name in those unredacted records, and the broader controversy over redactions, has thrust the 88-year-old benefactor back into........

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