Commerce secretary calls Jeffrey Epstein the 'greatest blackmailer' in podcast appearance

'Unforced error': Trump admin hit by new internal 'jolt' over Epstein scandal: analysis

In an article for Salon published Sunday, the outlet's senior writer, Sophia Tesfaye, argued that a deep and destabilizing fissure has opened within the Trump administration over how to control the narrative around convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Tesfaye noted that while the White House has tried to project unified silence or denial about the Epstein files, recent statements from within Trump’s orbit expose that narrative as fractured. She …

Commerce secretary calls Jeffrey Epstein the 'greatest blackmailer' in podcast appearance

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's suggestion that Jeffrey Epstein had blackmailed powerful men runs against Justice Department and FBI denials that Epstein had compromising material.