Howard Lutnick to sit for questioning in House panel's Epstein probe next month

Epstein filesHoward Lutnick to sit for questioning in House panel's Epstein probe next monthThe Epstein files released by the Justice Department showed that Trump's commerce secretary had closer ties to the convicted sex offender than was previously known.Listen to this article with a free account00:0000:00Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has said he wants to "set the record straight" when he meets with the House Oversight Committee.Aaron Schwartz / Bloomberg via Getty ImagesShareAdd NBC News to GoogleApril 6, 2026, 6:09 PM EDTBy Kyle Stewart and Dareh GregorianCommerce Secretary Howard Lutnick will voluntarily meet with the House Oversight Committee on May 6 to answer questions about his connection to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a source familiar with the schedule.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., announced in early March that Lutnick had “proactively agreed to appear voluntarily before” the panel. But a date had not been set until now.CNN first reported the date of Lutnick’s interview.The Commerce Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday night.Add NBC News to GoogleLutnick admits visiting Epstein's island but assures there was nothing 'untoward'01:57Lutnick, who had been a next-door neighbor of Epstein’s in New York City, told the New York Post last year that he decided in 2005 that the politically connected financier was “disgusting” and that he wanted nothing to do with him after Epstein made an inappropriate remark while he was hosting Lutnick and his wife at his townhouse in 2005.“So I was never in the room with him socially, for business or even philanthropy. That guy was there, I wasn’t going ’cause he is gross,” Lutnick told the paper.Files released by the Justice Department, however, showed that Lutnick and his family visited Epstein’s island in 2012 — four...