Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Sunday pushed for Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to resign over files linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
“Trump’s commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, said that he and his wife decided around 2005 to cut ties with Jeffrey Epstein,” CNN’s Manu Raju said on CNN’s “Inside Politics.”
“But the latest release shows that there was some correspondence after that, even after Epstein pleaded guilty to sex crimes in 2008. What questions do you have about Lutnick’s ties to Epstein, and should he come before Congress and testify?” Raju asked.
“No, he should just resign. I mean, there are three people in Great Britain that have resigned in politics. The ambassador from Great Britain to the United States, the prince lost his title for less than what we’ve seen Howard Lutnick lie about,” Massie told Raju in a clip highlighted by Mediaite.
In a podcast episode released in October, Lutnick said he had an encounter with Epstein in 2005 that left him not wanting to be in the same room as the convicted sex offender for the rest of his life.
