Howard Lutnick: Business Deals Extending Past Epstein's Conviction
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick had business dealings with Epstein as late as 2014, records show. Both men were investors in a now-defunct ad tech company called Adfin. Emails reveal at least two scheduled meetings in 2011, an invitation from Lutnick to a Hillary Clinton fundraiser in 2015, and a 2017 email thanking Epstein for a $50,000 donation "in honor of Howard Lutnick" to an unnamed organization. Lutnick previously described Epstein as "gross" after touring his Manhattan townhouse in 2005 and claimed "I spent zero time with him."
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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick admits during Senate testimony that he visited Jeffrey Epstein's private island during a family vacation in 2012.
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