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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Katie Hawkinson

Howard Lutnick donated $5M to House Republicans right before his testimony on Epstein case: report

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick reportedly donated millions to a super PAC supporting House Republicans about a month before lawmakers interviewed him about his interactions with the dead sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Lutnick donated $5 million to the Congressional Leadership Fund on April 1, making him the first known member of President Donald Trump’s cabinet to have made a disclosed, seven-figure federal donation after receiving Senate confirmation, The New York Times reports.

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