US Commerce Secretary Lutnick planned Epstein island visit, emails show
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... US Commerce Department Secretary Howard Lutnick planned a visit to Jeffrey Epstein's island with his family, emails show - years after Lutnick claimed to have cut ties with the convicted ----------.

The billionaire businessman, his wife, their four children and another family planned to travel to Little Saint James in 2012, according to emails included in the latest Epstein files released by the US Department of Justice (DOJ).

The emails contradict statements Lutnick made in October about vowing in 2005 to "never be in a room" with Epstein again. ...

Howard Lutnick tells Pod Force One' ex-neighbor Jeffrey Epstein showed off massage room, made creepy comment during townhouse tour (October 2025)
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... Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, in a notable break with the Department of Justice, claimed late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein was "the greatest blackmailer ever" " and may have traded the feds video of his rich and well-connected associates getting massages from young women in exchange for a controversial 2008 plea deal.

Lutnick made the shocking allegations to The Post's Miranda Devine on the latest episode of "Pod Force One," out now.

The 64-year-old cabinet secretary said that Epstein himself showed off his notorious "massage room" while giving Lutnick and his wife a tour of the infamous East 71st Street townhouse after the couple moved in next door to the since-disgraced financier in 2005.

"I say to him, Massage table in the middle of your house? How often do you have a massage?'" Lutnick recalled. "And he says, Every day.' And then he gets, like weirdly close to me, and he says, And the right kind of massage.'"

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick claimed Jeffrey Epstein was "the greatest blackmailer ever" and may have traded to the feds video footage of powerful associates getting massages in exchange for a plea deal in 2008. Ron Sachs -- CNP for NY Post

Lutnick said he and his wife quickly excused themselves and left Epstein's home, "and in the six to eight steps it takes to get from his house to my house, my wife and I decided that I will never be in the room with that disgusting person ever again." ...