Keith Faber Refuses to Donate Wexner Money, Despite Promising to do so
April 24, 2026
COLUMBUS, OH – Keith Faber, current Ohio Auditor and Republican candidate for Attorney General broke his promise to Ohioans, refusing to part with thousands of dollars he received from Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirator and Columbus billionaire Les Wexner. This comes after Faber’s campaign pledged months ago to donate the money to various charities – a pledge Faber clearly hoped no one would realize that he broke.
“Keith Faber clearly can’t be trusted to be Ohio’s Attorney General – he’s already breaking promises to Ohioans and refusing to part with money from a co-conspirator of Jeffrey Epstein,” said Ohio Democratic Party Communications Director Marisa Nahem. “Ohioans know that if Faber can’t even keep his word to donate campaign contributions from a billionaire embroiled in the heinous actions of a sexual predator, he certainly isn’t up to the task of being the chief legal officer in the state responsible for protecting Ohioans and standing up to big corporations and special interests.”
Reminder: Faber is running to become Ohio’s Attorney General, the chief legal officer in the Buckeye State tasked with standing up to the powerful and well-connected to root out corruption in our state and put more of Ohioans’ hard-earned dollars back into their pockets.
READ MORE: Ohio AG hopeful Keith Faber stiffed charities on Wexner pledge
Ohio Auditor Keith Faber’s campaign donated $12,500 to charity from political contributions it received from Columbus billionaire Les Wexner — $2,500 less than the $15,000 the campaign publicly pledged in late February, according to a pre-primary finance report filed with the Ohio Secretary of State.
The report, filed by Friends of Faber and covering activity through April 19, lists four charitable contributions made on March 18: $5,000 to the State FOP Charitable Fund, $2,500 to the Ohio Domestic Violence Network, $2,500 to Akron-based Hope & Healing Survivor Resource Center, and $2,500 to Freedom a la Cart, a downtown Columbus nonprofit that trains survivors of human trafficking for workforce re-entry. The four gifts total $12,500.
In a Feb. 25 Dayton Daily News report, Faber campaign spokesperson Matt Dole said the attorney general hopeful had donated $15,000 “to law enforcement and victim rights charities” from Wexner’s contributions. Previously reported Wexner donations to Faber include $10,000 in 2025 and $5,000 in 2022. The pre-primary finance report does not itemize any separate charitable contribution that would close the $2,500 gap.
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