Commerce Secretary Lutnick sits for closed-door House interview about Epstein ties

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is scheduled to give closed-door testimony Wednesday before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, as part of the panel’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier and convicted sex offender who had ties to some of the world’s most powerful and influential men. He is among several such figures who have already given a deposition in the panel’s months-long probe. Many of those who have given depositions have faced embarrassing revelations in the the roughly 3 million pages of records known as the Epstein files.
The files show Epstein and Lutnick were in business together as recently as 2014, each investing in a now-defunct advertising company, according to CBS News. The files also revealed that in 2012 Lutnick, his wife and their children visited Epstein’s private Caribbean island.
Lutnick has come under fire recently after he allegedly lied to Congress about his connection to Epstein during his confirmation hearing. Lutnick previously said he had cut off all contact with Epstein after first meeting him in 2005.
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi is expected to testify later this month and former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have already testified. 
Lutnick volunteered to sit for the deposition and has maintained that he did “nothing wrong” and intends to set the record straight.
Lutnick has not been accused of any wrongdoing.
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