Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said he was unaware for years that Jeffrey Epstein was a registered sex offender, according to a transcript of testimony released Wednesday.

The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday released the transcript of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s testimony during a closed-door deposition on his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

Many people online have speculated that one of the masks resembles you,” Oversight Chief Counsel for Investigations Jack Emmer told Lutnick of the masks in Jeffrey Epstein’s

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick testified before House investigators that he viewed a disturbing comment made by Jeffrey Epstein during a 2005 visit to Epstein’s town house as “sexual in nature,” according to a House oversight committee transcript released Wednesday.

By Nolan D. McCaskill WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) - U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told members of a congressional committee in private testimony on Wednesday that he couldn't recall why he and his family had lunch on Jeffrey Epstein's private island,

Democrats hoping to get Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to come clean about his personal and financial friendship with convicted felon Jeffrey Epstein got a helping hand from former US Attorney Joyce Vance.

Testimony contradictions: Lutnick admitted visiting Epstein’s island in 2012 despite earlier claims of cutting ties in 2005, and retracted a prior blackmail allegation as speculation. Political fallout: Democrats urged Lutnick’s resignation over ...