"Mr. Secretary, I hope during the course of your testimony we can get answers to some of those questions, Van Hollen continued, adding: As you know, Mr. Secretary, the issue is not that you engaged in any wrongdoing with Jeffrey Epstein, but that you totally misrepresented the extent of your relationship with him to the Congress, to the American people, and to the survivors of his despicable criminal and predatory acts."
"You told us that when you and your wife first encountered Jeffrey Epstein in his apartment in 2005, he used sexual innuendo to explain why he had a massage table in the middle of the room. You said it disgusted you and that you hurried out and vowed never to set foot in the same room with him again, and you suggested that you never had anything more t"
Senator Chris Van Hollen confronted Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick over newly revealed interactions with Jeffrey Epstein that appear to span 13 years, including periods after Epstein's conviction. Van Hollen asserted that Lutnick misrepresented the extent of the relationship to Congress, the American public, and survivors. Van Hollen cited Lutnick's earlier statements that he and his wife found Epstein creepy and vowed not to return after a single meeting. Van Hollen emphasized that the central issue is Lutnick's alleged dishonesty about the relationship rather than allegations of his own criminal conduct.
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