Overview
- House Oversight Chair James Comer said Lutnick will sit for a voluntary, transcribed interview in the coming weeks, with a transcript to be released after standard legal review.
- Lutnick said he has done nothing wrong and volunteered to testify to set the record straight.
- Justice Department files show a 2011 meeting and a 2012 family lunch on Little Saint James, contradicting Lutnick’s earlier claim that he cut ties with Epstein in 2005.
- A DOJ photo showing Lutnick with Epstein on the island was briefly removed over nudity concerns and later restored, officials said.
- The move follows growing pressure, including Rep. Nancy Mace’s planned subpoena vote and Senate Democrats’ demand for records, while the White House backs Lutnick and he has not been accused of wrongdoing.