Fact-check: Did DOJ remove Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s photo from Epstein files?

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) reportedly removed a photograph of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick from its website on Thursday (local time). The photograph was released in January when the Justice Department released millions of documents in connection with the late financier and convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein, The Daily Beast reported. The image, which…

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Howard Lutnick admits ‘had lunch with Epstein on the private island’; US lawmakers demand his resignation

Under questioning by Democrats on Tuesday, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick admitted that he met Jeffrey Epstein twice after the financier’s 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from a minor—contradicting his earlier assertion that he had severed ties with Epstein in 2005, as reported by Associated Press. Lutnick once again played down the extent of his relationship…

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