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Victoria Bekiempis

Republican calls on Trump ally Howard Lutnick to quit cabinet over Epstein files

Howard Lutnick Jeffrey Epstein Thomas Massie Donald Trump Republican Hillary Clinton United States
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Howard Lutnick stands behind Donald Trump as he talks to reporters while onboard Air Force One on 6 February en route to Palm Beach, Florida. Photograph: Samuel Corum/Getty Images

US House member Thomas Massie has called for the commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick – a fellow Republican – to resign over his ties to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Massie, who co-authored a law mandating the release of the so-called Epstein files, appeared Sunday on CNN’s Inside Politics and said Lutnick, a staunch Donald Trump ally, “has a lot to answer for”.

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