"During Tuesday's hearing, lawmakers pressed Lutnick about statements he made on a podcast last year, explaining that he had pledged to never be in the room with that disgusting person ever again after he and Epstein met in 2005. Lutnick said he made the decision after Epstein showed him and his wife a massage table featured prominently in his residence and made sexually suggestive comments about it."
"You led people to believe that you had cut off all contact with Jeffrey Epstein after the 2005 encounter you and your wife had in his apartment, Senator Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat, told Lutnick at the committee hearing. But as I'm sure you know, the Epstein files show a very different record of interaction. Lutnick, however, downplayed his interactions with Epstein and emphasised that nothing untoward happened in the 2012 encounter. I know,"
Howard Lutnick faced Senate questioning over a 2012 meeting with Jeffrey Epstein after newly released emails detailed interactions between them. Lutnick told a Senate committee he barely knew Epstein and denied a relationship, saying he cut off contact after a 2005 encounter in which Epstein showed a massage table and made sexually suggestive comments. Emails suggest Lutnick may have visited Epstein's private island for a 2012 lunch and met him on other occasions. Lawmakers pressed Lutnick about contradictions between his podcast statements and the Epstein files. Lutnick emphasised that nothing untoward occurred during the 2012 encounter and downplayed his interactions.
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