Howard Lutnick Lied About His Epstein Ties, He Must Resign or Be Removed

Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes were horrible enough on their own. But the reason they have shaken the world is that powerful elites participated in them, covered for them and ignored them, and years later still haven’t paid a price for it. As President Trump reportedly told a police chief in 2006, “everyone has known [Epstein]’s been doing this.” The fight for justice will not be done until members of the Epstein class suffer real-world consequences just like regular people in their position would. We owe it to their victims to settle for nothing less. This will be a challenge, but there are plenty of places we can start. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick brazenly lied to us all for years about his relationship with Epstein, maintaining close ties for well over a decade after he claimed he realized Epstein was a “disgusting person.” He has in fact confessed as much, now that he’s been caught. The President seems happy to shrug this revelation off and continue to let Lutnick work on trade and broadband policy as if everything is fine, which is sensible considering Trump is named countless times in the Epstein files himself. But Americans are not prepared to accept this as normal, and a Congress full of people who have professed shock and horror over the Epstein files shouldn’t either. He has, to put it mildly, lost the public trust. Several of our representatives have already called for the Secretary to be removed from his position. They shouldn’t be lone voices in the wilderness. Please choose the side of justice for those Epstein has harmed and demand Lutnick resign or be fired, now.