A checked claim
…he protected men who abused young girls by voting in the Senate to block the release of the Epstein files.
Sherrod Brown · A campaign television advertisement, "Complete Lie" · October 8, 2026 · Race: U.S. Senator from Ohio
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The ad goes on to misleadingly say that Brown’s opponent in the Senate race, Republican Sen. Jon Husted, voted to block the release of the Epstein files, a claim we’ve written about before.
Our check against the record
The record does not settle it
The records: Roll Call Vote 119th Congress, 1st Session, Vote 512: On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3849 to S. 2296 · Ohio Senate Candidates Spar Over Donations Tied, Loosely or Not, to Epstein · Republican Ads Distort the Facts in Claiming Democratic Support for ‘Sex Changes’ for Kids
Context
The ad responds to Senate Leadership Fund ads about Brown and refers to Husted's Sept. 10, 2025 vote on an amendment to a defense bill directing the attorney general to release documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. The Senate voted 51-49 to table that amendment, with Husted voting Yea. On Nov. 19, 2025 the standalone Epstein Files Transparency Act passed the Senate by unanimous consent, meaning no senator objected.
Topics: Voting Record, Congress.
Other claims by Sherrod Brown
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Sen. Jon Husted gave billions in tax breaks to Big Tech so they would build their data centers here
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Jon Husted brought over 220 data centers to Ohio, and we’re all paying the price.
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Jon Husted voted for a tax cuts for his billionaire friends.
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And Jon Husted wrote the law on letting utility companies jack up our electric bills.
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We have some of the highest electricity rates in the country now
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led the push to bring data centers to Ohio and gave billions of tax dollars to make it happen.
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So why has Jon Husted voted 13 times for the war and wasted $100 billion dollars in the process?
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Husted took more money from Jeffrey Epstein's co-conspirators than anyone else in Washington…
Sources
- Complete Lie (AdImpact viewer: advertiser Brown for OH Senate, AI transcript) · AdImpact · 2026-10-08 · accessed 2026-10-12
- Republican Ads Distort the Facts in Claiming Democratic Support for ‘Sex Changes’ for Kids · FactCheck.org · 2026-10-12 · accessed 2026-10-12
- Roll Call Vote 119th Congress, 1st Session, Vote 512: On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3849 to S. 2296 · U.S. Senate · 2025-09-10 · accessed 2026-10-12
- Ohio Senate Candidates Spar Over Donations Tied, Loosely or Not, to Epstein · FactCheck.org · 2026-06-05 · accessed 2026-10-12
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