A House committee voted Wednesday to subpoena billionaire retail tycoon Les Wexner in its investigation of the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

An email released by the Department of Justice last month revealed that law enforcement officials working on Epstein’s 2019 prosecution identified Wexner as one of 10 “co-conspirators.” Wexner wasn’t charged in the case.

Rep. Robert Garcia of California, the top-ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, said he secured the subpoena of Wexner, along with executors of Epstein’s estate.

Garcia said in a statement that the subpoenas marked “an enormous step forward in our investigation to deliver justice for the survivors and truth for the American people” and that Democrats on the panel will “follow the money to identify anyone that enabled Epstein’s horrific abuses and illegal activities.”

Wexner, 88, was the former longtime chief executive officer of Columbus, Ohio-based L Brands Inc., which over the years owned the Victoria’s Secret, Bath & Body Works, and Abercrombie & Fitch stores.

A representative for Wexner didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on the subpoena vote.

After the Justice Department released the email that showed Wexner was identified as one of 10 co-conspirators, a representative for him said: “According to Mr. Wexner’s legal representative, the assistant U.S. attorney in charge of the Epstein investigation stated at the time that Mr. Wexner was neither a co-conspirator nor target in any respect. Mr. Wexner cooperated fully by providing background information on Epstein and was never contacted again.”

Epstein was a long-time money manager for Wexner. An assistant U.S. attorney in Miami personally contacted Wexner as part of a money laundering probe into Epstein 2007, Bloomberg reported. The billionaire cut ties with Epstein shortly thereafter and later accused the financier of deception and misappropriating “vast sums of money from me and my family. “

Epstein was facing federal charges of trafficking underage girls when he died in a New York jail in 2019. Authorities have ruled his death a suicide.

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