Individuals who stay in glass homes shouldn’t accuse others of taking Jeffrey Epstein-tainted money.
Former Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), who’s making an attempt to make a comeback and win Vice President J.D. Vance‘s outdated Senate seat, despatched a marketing campaign e-mail final month blasting his opponent for taking cash from alleged Epstein co-conspirator and Victoria Secret tycoon Les Wexner.
However Brown himself obtained greater than $124,000 in marketing campaign contributions from bigwigs who’ve been linked to the late intercourse predator, an evaluation of marketing campaign finance information discovered.
Disgraced Harvard President Larry Summers, Hollywood scion Casey Wasserman and outstanding lawyer Brad Karp — who allegedly labored to “silence and destroy” sexual harassment accusers — are simply among the Epstein associates who donated to Brown’s campaigns via the years.
Summers alone contributed $10,300 in direction of his comeback effort, together with two maxed-out donations in 2025.
Brown, 73, served for 18 years within the Senate earlier than he misplaced to Republican Bernie Moreno in November 2024. He’s now working for Ohio’s different Senate seat.
He’s difficult incumbent Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio), who himself obtained a donation of $3,500 in July from Columbus-based Wexner. A spokesperson for Husted stated he directed the marketing campaign to donate all accessible funds to a charity for survivors of human trafficking.
Brown’s marketing campaign didn’t return a request for remark.
However Brown and Husted are removed from the one politicians who took cash from people with shut ties to Epstein — highlighting the pedophile’s far-reaching affect in US politics.
Wexner, Summers and different shut Epstein associates like billionaires Invoice Gates, Leon Black and Glenn Dubin all leveraged their huge wealth to attempt to form federal elections.
Wexner, a prolific marketing campaign contributor, donated $250,000 final yr to the Nationwide Republican Senatorial Committee, and usually offers cash to Ohio candidates on each side of the aisle. Many have vowed to return the now tainted donations.
A number of the different politicians who’ve taken Epstein-linked cash over time embrace Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY), who obtained $10,000 final yr, and $34,400 in whole, from hedge fund billionaire Glenn Dubin.
Glenn Dubin was accused by Virgina Giuffre of being the primary highly effective man she was trafficked to by Epstein. He has denied the allegations. His spouse, Dr. Eva Dubin, was Epstein’s ex-girlfriend.
A Torres spokesperson instructed The Put up he was not conscious that Dubin donated to him, and gave the cash to charity.
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) took $12,600 from Leon Black, who’s been accused of sexually abusing a Russian mannequin in Epstein’s Higher East Aspect townhouse, whereas Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) took $7,900 from Black.
Black denies the allegation and has stated they’d a consensual affair. Booker and Cotton didn’t handle the donations or reply to requests for remark.
And Epstein’s closest confidante and co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell made a $2,300 donation to Hillary Clinton’s presidential marketing campaign in 2007 and gave $4,000 to Gary King‘s 2004 New Mexico Congressional race.
King went on to grow to be the lawyer common of New Mexico, the place Epstein’s notorious Zorro Ranch is situated.
