Comer says Lutnick ‘wasn’t 100 percent truthful’ about being on Epstein’s island ahead of interview

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) told reporters ahead of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s testimony before the panel that Lutnick had not been “100 percent truthful” about whether he had been on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s island.

Lutnick is appearing before the Oversight panel on Wednesday for a closed-door, transcribed interview as part of its investigation into Epstein.

Lutnick has come under increasing scrutiny after he admitted in February to visiting Epstein’s private island, despite previously telling senators that he had cut off all contact with the disgraced financier after first meeting him in 2005. He noted that his wife and children were with him during the visit.

The Associated Press also reported that Lutnick kept in touch........

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