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Commerce Secretary Lutnick planned lunch on Epstein's island, new release shows
Emails reveal Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick coordinated a lunch visit to Jeffrey Epstein's Caribbean island in December 2012 while vacationing with family and friends.
- DOJ files posted Friday show Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick planned a December 2012 visit to Jeffrey Epstein's private island, according to documents released on Friday.
- In December 2012, Lutnick said he'd be in the Caribbean with family and friends and asked about Sunday dinner, while emails show Allison Lutnick coordinated arrival and anchoring from St. Thomas with Lesley Groff.
- Emails show specific scheduling exchanges with Lesley Groff noting 'Jeffrey says 1:30 arrival will be great!' and Lutnick replying 'Ok, lunch on Sunday,' years after the 2008 guilty plea.
- Lutnick has sought to distance himself by saying he called Epstein 'gross' and 'the greatest blackmailer ever', and a Department of Commerce spokesperson told ABC News he had limited interactions and no accusations; Lutnick did not respond Friday.
- Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Justice Department is releasing more than 3 million pages and 180,000 images, but Congressional Democrats argue Friday's disclosure covers only half of the files collected.
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New York, Jan 31 (EFE).- New documents published by the U.S. Department of Justice related to the paedophile and millionaire Jeffrey Epstein continue to throw names of celebrities from the show, companies and sports, and public figures such as the Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick. Out of the 3 million pages published on Friday comes out the name of Lutnick, who according to those documents, planned in 2012 with his wife to visit the million…
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