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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Joe Sommerlad

Another Trump ally to sit for questioning with oversight committee over Epstein probe

Jeffrey Epstein Howard Lutnick
  • Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is scheduled to testify before the House Oversight Committee on May 6 regarding his past association with Jeffrey Epstein.
  • Lutnick has denied any wrongdoing but faces questions about a 2012 lunch he attended with Epstein on his private Caribbean island, Little St. James.
  • This lunch took place more than four years after Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting an underage girl for prostitution.
  • Lutnick previously claimed he cut ties with Epstein in 2005 after a disturbing comment, but recently released files indicated continued contact.
  • His admission to the 2012 lunch drew criticism from Republican representatives, and Lutnick’s name was also included in a spoof “Walk of Shame” installation in Washington, D.C., last month, which laid out pavement stars for famous people embarrassed over their past ties to Epstein.

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Trump’s commerce secretary Howard Lutnick expected to testify in House Epstein probe next month: reports

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