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struggle4progress

(124,714 posts) Thu Oct 2, 2025, 08:15 PM 8 hrs ago

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Howard Lutnick on Epstein: "This guy was the greatest blackmailer ever"

ByJay O'Brien and James Hill
October 2, 2025, 3:09 PM

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, breaking with the FBI and the Department of Justice, says he believes high-profile associates of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein participated in his behavior -- and that Epstein may have blackmailed them with incriminating videos.

Asked by the New York Post's Miranda Divine on Wednesday's Pod Force One podcast whether high-profile associates of Epstein knew of his behavior and just ignored it, Lutnick said he believes, "No, they participated. They participated That's what his M.O. was -- 'Get a massage, get a massage.'"

"And what happened in that massage room, I assume, was on video," Lutnick said. "This guy was the greatest blackmailer ever" ...

https://abcnews.go.com/US/howard-lutnick-believes-jeffrey-epstein-blackmail-lighter-sentence/story?id=126151794

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Howard Lutnick on Epstein: "This guy was the greatest blackmailer ever" (Original Post) struggle4progress 8 hrs ago OP

I assumed this is what he did canetoad 8 hrs ago #1

And Lutnick knows this how? yonder 8 hrs ago #2

I've never seen so many men step on so many rakes blogslug 7 hrs ago #3

Who was he blackmailing, please? Asking for almost everyone except the Trump administration. surfered 7 hrs ago #4

Lutnick is a real stupid guy. Stepped on his dick with that interview PlanetBev 5 hrs ago #5

2nd best. Drumph is the best he has blackmailed almost Tribetime 5 hrs ago #6

canetoad

(19,571 posts)

1. I assumed this is what he did

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Oct 2, 2025, 08:17 PM

8 hrs ago

No proof of course. Many, many people wondered where his wealth came from.

yonder

(10,158 posts)

2. And Lutnick knows this how?

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Oct 2, 2025, 08:38 PM

8 hrs ago

blogslug

(39,018 posts)

3. I've never seen so many men step on so many rakes

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Oct 2, 2025, 08:53 PM

7 hrs ago

Keep stepping, you malignant clowns. 🤡 🔱

surfered

(9,523 posts)

4. Who was he blackmailing, please? Asking for almost everyone except the Trump administration.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Oct 2, 2025, 09:15 PM

7 hrs ago

PlanetBev

(4,385 posts)

5. Lutnick is a real stupid guy. Stepped on his dick with that interview

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Oct 2, 2025, 10:55 PM

5 hrs ago

He reminds me of the Maury character in Goodfellas. If he was working for the Mafia, he’d be headed for a landfill in New Jersey by now.

Tribetime

(6,857 posts)

6. 2nd best. Drumph is the best he has blackmailed almost

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Oct 2, 2025, 10:57 PM

5 hrs ago

All pukes

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