Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick admits lying about meetings with Epstein
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has acknowledged that he had met with Jeffrey Epstein twice after his 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from a child. It's a reversal of Lutnick’s previous claim that he had cut ties with the late financier after 2005.
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Howard Lutnick, Trump's commerce secretary, says he visited Epstein's island
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