House Panel Releases Epstein Testimony From Lutnick and Waitt, Detailing 3 Meetings and a 2004 Maxwell Relationship
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Updated · BBC.com · May 14
House Panel Releases Epstein Testimony From Lutnick and Waitt, Detailing 3 Meetings and a 2004 Maxwell Relationship
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · May 14
Transcripts released Wednesday show Howard Lutnick told House investigators his three Epstein interactions included a 2005 visit to Epstein’s Manhattan home, a 2011 scaffolding discussion and a 2012 lunch on Epstein’s island.
Lutnick said a massage room and Epstein’s remark about getting “the right kind of massage” prompted him and his wife to leave the New York home, while he described the later island stop as an outdoor family lunch that was “boring.”
The 2012 island visit remains central because it came years after Lutnick had said he cut ties in 2005, a discrepancy that surfaced in Justice Department document releases and triggered bipartisan calls for his resignation.
Ted Waitt’s separate transcript said he dated Ghislaine Maxwell from 2004 to 2010, found Epstein’s influence over her unsettling, but denied seeing misconduct or knowing of abuse allegations during that period.
Neither Lutnick nor Waitt has been accused of wrongdoing by Epstein’s victims, and the House Oversight probe is using the interviews to map Epstein’s network and test inconsistencies in past public accounts.
How do documented emails and investments fit the claim of no professional relationship with Epstein?
With millions of Epstein files still withheld, what truths about his powerful network remain concealed?