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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
NEW YORK, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) — U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick admitted on Tuesday that he and his family dined with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on the latter's private island in 2012.
"I actually had lunch with him while I was on a boat on vacation with my family," Mr. Latnick said during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on Tuesday. "And we dined on the island, it's true, for an hour."
"I had no relationship with him. I had almost nothing in common with this man," he said in his testimony.
Previously, G. Latnik claimed to have cut off contact with J. Epstein in 2005. However, the latest documents about J. Epstein, released by the US Department of Justice in January, revealed that he and J. Epstein maintained contact years later. According to local media reports, they had a business relationship as early as 2014.
Now, G. Latnik is under pressure from both Democrats and some Republicans demanding his resignation.
In 2008, J. Epstein pleaded guilty to state charges of soliciting a minor for prostitution. In July 2019, he was arrested again on federal sex trafficking charges and committed suicide in jail on August 10, 2019, before his trial could begin.
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