"Lutnick, who lived next door to Epstein in New York for more than a decade, proactively agreed to provide a transcribed interview to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, panel chair James Comer said on Tuesday. Lutnick's relationship with Epstein, who died in 2019 while awaiting sex trafficking charges, has come under mounting scrutiny after he appeared to misrepresent the extent of his associations with the notorious financier."
"In a podcast interview last year, Lutnick said he decided to never be in the room with Epstein again following an uncomfortable encounter at the sex offender's Manhattan penthouse in 2005. But files released by the Justice Department earlier this year showed that Lutnick met and communicated with Epstein for years after the reported 2005 encounter, and the commerce secretary later acknowledged that he visited the financier's private island of Little Saint James in 2012."
US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick has agreed to provide testimony to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform regarding his relationship with deceased financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Lutnick, who lived adjacent to Epstein in New York for over a decade, proactively offered a transcribed interview. His relationship with Epstein has faced increased scrutiny after Justice Department files revealed closer and more prolonged associations than previously disclosed. Lutnick initially stated he avoided Epstein after an uncomfortable 2005 encounter, but documents showed he met and communicated with Epstein for years afterward and visited his private island in 2012. Committee chair James Comer commended Lutnick's transparency commitment and also sent letters to seven other individuals, including Bill Gates and Leon Black, seeking testimony about their knowledge of Epstein's crimes.
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