Lutnick says he was surprised by invite to visit Epstein's island
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Jeffrey Epstein
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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told a closed-door House Oversight Committee interview Wednesday that he was surprised and unsettled when Jeffrey Epstein invited him to his private island in 2012.

Lutnick said he was on a family vacation in the Caribbean when Epstein’s assistants somehow learned he was in the area and extended the invitation. He claimed he had no personal or professional relationship with the convicted sex offender and had cut all ties after a disturbing 2005 encounter at Epstein’s house involving a comment about massages.

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