Trump Cabinet Secretary Faces Call to Testify Over His 'Explosive' Epstein Claims

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick may be forced to testify to Congress after suggesting that Jeffrey Epstein secured a sweetheart plea deal by blackmailing people with compromising videos.

Rep. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, said he would support a plan to subpoena Lutnick, a close ally of Donald Trump, following his bombshell claims that the pedophile financier used a sordid massage room in his New York mansion to become the “greatest blackmailer ever.”

“Those were some incredible comments, and I think that it just reinforces why it’s so important that we get the full files released by the DOJ and the Trump administration,” Garcia told CNN’s OutFront with Erin Burnett.

“And quite frankly, after those comments by Mr. Lutnick, we need to speak to him in front of the entire Oversight Committee. We’re very interested in understanding what exactly he knows and where those theories come from,” Garcia added. “Anyone, particularly if you’re in the Trump administration, making those comments so freely—you have to believe they have additional information, and we’re going to follow up.”

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