Commerce Secretary Cornered By Pennsylvania Rep Over Epstein Ties In Heated House Grilling

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A House committee hearing took a turn on Thursday as Representative Madeleine Dean (D-PA) confronted Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick over his past association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. During the exchange, Dean accused the Secretary of providing a false timeline of his relationship with Epstein to the media and questioned his continued presence in the Cabinet.

The confrontation centered on a previous interview Lutnick gave to the New York Post in October. In that interview, Lutnick stated he had not seen Epstein since 2005, claiming a tour of Epstein’s home left him and his wife “grossed out.”

However, Dean pointed to unsealed records showing that Lutnick visited Epstein’s private island in 2012—four years after Epstein’s initial conviction for soliciting a minor.

“You brought along your wife, your kids, and your nannies to the Predator’s Island,” Dean said. “Incredibly poor judgment. But that even wasn’t the whole truth.”