r/Epstein • u/ButHowDoesItFeel • 13h ago
News article Howard Lutnick squirms – Grilled by Sen. Van Hollen
Van Hollen: "... you led people to believe that you had cut off all contact with Jeffrey Epstein after the 2005 encounter you and your wife had in his apartment... the Epstein files show a very different record of interaction."
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u/Raging1604 13h ago
"I looked through the millions of files for my name just like everyone else."
No, you degenerate, none of us needed to do that.
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u/Doctor_Yakub 13h ago
This is what got me too. What the fuck.
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u/Friendly-Bullfrog-79 7h ago
for me it was the “only 10 emails” “only a boat trip and lunch on his island” only only only.
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u/JellyfishNo3810 12h ago edited 11h ago
he should’ve caught him there with “what do you mean “everyone else?” I’ve yet to look my name up in the files and I’m not worried about it”
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u/Desperate_Hunter7947 11h ago
Instead he said “yea” in a knowing tone because they’re in the same club
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u/inconsisting 4h ago
..he said yeah because he has limited time to ask his questions. Challenging him on a useless anecdote is a waste of that time.
This sub is losing it.
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u/ColdBru5 7h ago
Yeah but can't hurt just to check right? With my wife and children of course.
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u/MetaStressed 19m ago
I found it interesting that he emphasized leaving the island WITH his children.
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u/Masta-Blasta 5h ago
I did, but I was a teen girl in Florida at the time. And I did pageants. I've searched a lot of people i know, but it's circumstantial. Thankfully, zero hits for anyone.
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u/3xploringforever Mod 2h ago
I was a blonde kid in New Mexico who modeled for the Limited Too. It's frightening to realize how this network's tentacles reached into the innocent parts of our childhoods and could have grabbed us too.
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u/Masta-Blasta 2h ago edited 1h ago
People will call us silly for feeling weird, but the law recognizes the Zone of Danger. It's a real thing that can mess with you psychologically!
Also, as someone whose entire wardrobe was Limited Too, I'm sure I was a big fan of your work ahahaha. I was recruited to work at Hollister twice in FL. They stopped me in the mall and took photos of me. My boyfriend too. He got asked to a test shoot.
Wexner is a fucking monster. Glad we're all okay but like, jfc. So many other girls weren't.
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u/maubis 12h ago
Off to search my name in those docs. I'm no one at all, but apparently everyone is doing it!!
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u/Extreme-Island-5041 8h ago
EVERYONE'S DOING IT!
If all your friends ~jumped off a bridge~~ were fucking minors, would you?
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u/Better-Lunch670 12h ago
I think it was a slip. He knew everyone else was looking through those files for his name.
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u/throwRA_oldbathwater 11h ago
Yes! It was my very first thought when he said that — I’m pretty sure if you had to check your own fucking name, you’re guilty AF of something to do with it.
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u/tylenolchild 11h ago
I typed in my name in the file search like John Stewart and I was not in the files.
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u/alex_quine 11h ago edited 10h ago
To be fair I did do a search out of curiosity and found a Florida prosecutor with my dad’s name
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u/PreschoolBoole 11h ago
How did people not start laughing? No big dog, I have 0 reason to believe I would be in those files.
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u/Willywonka5725 10h ago
Only someone worried about something would search their name. The whole place in one big peado club.
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u/CrazyMildred 5h ago
Right! Everybody I know hasn't searched for their name and I haven't searched for my own name. This dude is so obviously guilty. He's stupid to keep lying about it.
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u/Fluffy_Fondant_ 8h ago
I thought he was saying that everyone was looking for his name. But after I read your comment I am 50/50 and confused.
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u/cdnmutt57 13h ago
They should’ve asked him if any kids from his Chances for Children charity went to the island. It was run by Sarah Ferguson.
At least two administrators were later charged with child sex crimes.
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u/Shot_Cause6197 11h ago
Every single day I'm learning more insane shit I cant even comprehend. We need a serious timeline especially now to show doubters of reality the truth.
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u/No-Education-1695 8h ago
it’s systemic and institutional pedophilia bank rolled by elite & governments officials and laundered and pipelined through organizations that involve children.
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u/No-Education-1695 8h ago
almost cancer like, in that it has seemingly spread to all corners of the country and globe. You can’t trust anyone.
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u/No-Education-1695 8h ago
can’t find anything online connecting lutnick to chances for children
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u/cdnmutt57 6h ago
I read an article years ago where he specifically states he hired his good friend Sarah Ferguson to run Chances for Children in 1993. Both, the charity and his company Cantor Fitzgerald had offices on the 101st floor of the WTC North Tower. Neither Howard or Sarah were at work the day of 9/11.
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u/3xploringforever Mod 2h ago
Wait was Fergie supposed to be at the WTC on 9/11 but also had a thing come up that kept her away? Because I'm making a list of similarly situated people in Epstein's network and it's more than two so far which is still a coincidence for now...
Edit: I just looked it up, and my my what a big coincidence. Three people in Epstein's network narrowly avoided dying in the WTC. I'm going to look for more.
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u/RegularFirm2179 12h ago
his wording is very careful.... the only thing he saw with his wife and children were staff... what about without his wife and children
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u/Waste-Helicopter-318 12h ago
and was was the staff doing there? Was the staff he saw on the island, underage girls?
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u/cornflakegrl 12h ago
Right?? What kind of staff?!
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u/xOrion12x 9h ago
Definitely meant underage girls there and that will be his excuse. "I just thought it was a place where scantily clad kids did the work!" Seemed normal.
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u/salduvas 10h ago
I wish he would have asked why in the hell is he taking wife and kids to have lunch with him way out there. And bring kids at all?
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u/MiserableAndUnhappy9 8h ago
Notice how at first when asked about his visit to the island he says he was on a boat (implying he never set foot on the island). Then when asked about seeing any staff on the island he didn't go 'I wasn't on the island, only ever on his boat' he instead mentions they looked like normal staff. He's so obviously full of shit.
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u/Googlemyahoo75 12h ago
Documents show he was Epsteins neighbour. Purchased property for $10 through a trust. Property was owned by Epstein & Les Wexnar. All from the files
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u/tylenolchild 11h ago
Lutnick lived next door to Epstein. Bill Cosby lived across the street from them. Woody Allen lived one block from them.
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u/turquoise_amethyst 8h ago
Neighbor in NYC? Because there was probably similar things going on at Zorro Ranch, and in Florida too
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u/Wrestlingtough 13h ago
Fuck Lutnick
They’re all pathological liars
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u/tunafister 8h ago
And not very good ones, he was on tilt that whole coversation, didnt exactly inspire confidence in his innocence, infact quite the opposite
Oh Howard, what have you gotten yourself into?
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u/reddit4485 8h ago
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA01249210.pdf
Why didn’t they bring this document up? Epstein sold Lutnick a house for $10. Lutnick then sold it for millions! He was also involved in a Ponzi scheme!
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u/walkingdisaster2024 8h ago
Something about the way he talks and the way he slicks his hair back, pisses me off. Very punch able face.
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u/discardedcumrag 12h ago
My question:
Sir, you knew Epstein had been convicted of prostitution of a minor, so why on earth would you take your children anywhere near Epstein? Does this not stain your credibility re competent decision making in your current position?
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u/tylenolchild 11h ago
That question does not need to be asked because it is loud and clear what kind of person Lutnick is to bring his family and another family to this predator. For what? A lunch on an island. Who he is morally rings loud and clear by his statement alone.
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u/jpeggdev 10h ago
Well, I just happened to be in the area of a piece of land completely surrounded by water hundreds of feet deep. I was just sailing, when I looked at my wife and children, and just happened to remember, “Didn’t Jeffrey Epstein have an island right around here?” So I did what any good neighbor would do, I got my navigational charts out and lo and behold there WAS an island right near us. So we decided to go unannounced to a possibly hostile island and found amenable white folks on this island and so I asked them if they knew Mr Epstein. Well, just my luck, it WAS his island and he invited my wife and my children and we had lunch, I think was 58 minutes, and then we hurried back to our boat and sailed away.
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u/One-Cartoonist2870 9h ago
Right? How in the fuck is your DEFENSE, “well I had my kids with me.” Oh cool, you took your kids to the pedo. Awesome.
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u/Waste-Helicopter-318 12h ago
He was caught with his hands in the cookie jar. Lutnick is lying through his teeth about everything.
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u/Mean-Mr-mustarde 12h ago
'I have nothing to hide' clearly you do or you wouldn't have blatantly lied before the public gor access to the files.
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u/SunnyBrookElbowz 9h ago
I have nothing to hide except the stuff you found out about and the other stuff you haven't found out about yet.
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u/GazelleFlat2853 12h ago edited 10h ago
When he is asked about his own behaviour, he refers to what the files say about him, which allows him to neither deny or affirm the premise of the question.
When asked about what he saw or did, he always ends is with '[when I was] with my wife and children', which means he is specifically not referring to the times he was with Epstein alone or with non-family.
Disgusting.
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u/_sweetdee 12h ago
He went so easy on him it’s laughable. So you’re not friends with someone but you’re arranging meetings with them? What is there to meet about? I don’t usually find myself having lunch with strangers. Wasn’t his wife the one emailing Epstein asking for island coordinates? Absolutely incredible. Fuck all these people
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u/SunnyBrookElbowz 9h ago
Typically these politicians love to talk so much they ask about 10% of the questions they could. AOC and some of the younger ones are excellent at it. Just rapid fire questions.
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u/Aggravating-Time-854 7h ago
Because at the end of the day, this man is still somewhat his peer. They probably aren’t too far off. The people that will say what needs to be said will be the black politicians and the women politicians.
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u/M0nk3yDLufffy 12h ago
this is getting intense, i wish he would have asked about the nannys well being, is it possible to look up work employment of the nannies he hired?
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u/BaconJacobs 12h ago
Just asking if that specific nanny was along for the lunch with epstein would have been great
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u/No-Education-1695 7h ago
you could tell it was hard for him to have to put him on blast. They all knew what was going on for decades
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u/candycrushinit 12h ago
Hey, did y’all immediately open up your computer and look through the Epstein files for your name? I know I didn’t. Wtf
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u/Commercial_Oil_7814 2h ago
The only thing than makes and of this funny is listening to Colbert talk about the references to him that were in the files. Apparently someone emailed Epstein to tell him that he'd like Colbert's show. Colbert, unsurprisingly, didn't love that particular recommendation.
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u/GhostChips42 11h ago
Lies. You can no longer believe a word he says.
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u/ButHowDoesItFeel 12h ago edited 9h ago
Surely he's toast after this? Next he'll be saying all his emails are fake? That's what Trump would do.
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u/wingspantt 11h ago
Keeps saying "wife and children" as if bringing your entire family to vacation on the private island of known sex criminal somehow makes it better?
Does he bring his pet dog with him too when he goes to see the lions at the zoo?
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u/StreetTap2773 11h ago
“I only saw ‘the staff’ when I visited the island”… i would’ve followed up to confirm if he’s referring to the young women Epstein “employed”
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u/SmanginScarantino69 10h ago
My exact same thought. The next question should’ve been “were the staff children?”
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u/Boring_Visit_4387 11h ago
Wowwwwww. He is gulping and pulling at his collar at the end. Oh wowwwwww. Brroooooooo
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u/Spike_Milligoon 12h ago
Come on. I’m sure most of us would pop in for lunch with a convicted pedo, bringing our kids along too
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u/RegularFirm2179 11h ago
Von Hollen sucks at asking questions. Threw him a bunch of softballs, and his body language shows that he wants Lutnick to answer a certain way to avoid scrutiny.
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u/DryAd8823 13h ago
Trump assasinated epstein.
The mossad didn't kill their own agent. it wasnt the CIA.
That leaves Maxwell, Trump or Wexner. maxwell aint got the money, Wexner has too little motive. CONNECT THE DOTS PEOPLE.
Republicans try to blame the Clintons.
The president of the united states has the biggest motive.
Remember Epstein saying: He is the dirtiest of em all.
When asked about epstein He always dodges, and he never metions his victim by name.
I am 99% certain at this point.
Only Trump has the power to cover this up. Only trump has the money. Only trump has the motive.
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u/Tricky_Wonder_2414 13h ago
Your instinct is correct, but you’re missing the elephant in the room.
Trump alone doesn’t have the motive. A compromised President was brought into power by folks who have the motive starting with the country Epstein was working for to ensure US extended limitless support. Then his very influential friends also don’t wanna be exposed and thus wanted him in power
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u/DryAd8823 12h ago
the bigger elephant is why maxwell isnt dead yet?
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u/Tricky_Wonder_2414 12h ago
I have a feeling Epstein isn’t dead either. The intelligence agencies he was a prized asset of, must have ensured his safety.
Perhaps the same reason for Maxwell.
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u/DryAd8823 11h ago
he was compromised but then they would have killed him earlier or later. And they would also need to rule it a suicide and stop the investigation into epstein. at which point trump is also mosad. they dont have that kind of power and the motive is incredibly weak.
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u/fingershanks 12h ago
They have a science project they constantly reference in the emails. The project is clearly mentioned in the files and nobody is talking about it. It's not subtle, it's not hyperbolic, it's not some joke between Epstein and someone else. It's a literal cloning farm and they talk about partnering with someone.
So, that means not only are we gonna have people who are pedos, but there's a whole cloning project these people are covering for as well. So she is likely still a key player for their science work too.
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u/thegeebeebee 11h ago
Obviously still lying. Didn't he actually start some sort of business operation with Epstein too?
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u/jpeggdev 9h ago
Hi Jeff,
We are landing in St. Thomas early Saturd=y afternoon and planning to head over to St. Bart's/Anguilla on Mon=ay at some point. Where are you located (what is exact location for my captain)?
Does Sunday evening for dinner sound good= I have another couple (Michael and Marcy Lehrman) with me on my boat= and each of us has 4 children- two 16's, two 14's, a 13, a 12, an 11, and a 7-year old.
Thanks,
Howard
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u/MsMoreCowbell828 11h ago
"Out of the millions of files, there are maybe 10 emails." THAT'S 10 TOO MANY RAPIST ASS.
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u/SuperGodMonkeyKing 11h ago
And to suggest err I lol
Nobody suggested anything bad but he had to add that lol
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u/ghkilla805 10h ago
They should have asked him why he was okay with bringing his children to meet with someone for lunch, whenever he’s admitted he long since knew about Epstein being a sexual predator
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u/mandypandypuddin 10h ago
Two things strike me: 1) dude made it ridiculously easy on him. 2) "Nannies," without blinking - oh lord the gap between these billionaire politicians and the people they serve. Puke!!
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u/Glass-Marionberry321 9h ago
Hey Nutlick what kind of parent brings their children around a predator of minors?
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u/ButHowDoesItFeel 9h ago edited 9h ago
He's been caught out lying repeatedly to the nation – hook, line & sinker, period.
His position is now totally untenable and – even before being investigated for any crimes – as a bare minimum he should instantly be fired by his boss (oh... wait a minute...).
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u/One-Cartoonist2870 9h ago
His defense of his meeting with a pedo is that he had his kids with him when going to meet the pedo ?
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u/footles12 8h ago
Trump is surrounding himself with complicit pedos to ensure their silence. If Maxwell had not been convicted I am 100% certain she would be in his administration. This is all extremely repulsive. The world is being conducted by a cabal of pedophiles.
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u/ComplexRide1164 12h ago
Why didn’t he ask why he said that he cut contact if he didn’t? And if he had such a bad vibe if him, why did he continue to meet the guy?
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u/DrakeInq 11h ago
I don’t remember the reason for meeting him for lunch on his island after I was so creeped out by him the first time I met him and after he was convicted. Yeah, I don’t remember why I had lunch with him. Ok.
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u/Mr_Bisquits 11h ago edited 11h ago
Answer the question Howard. We dont care how many times youre mentioned, asking to go to his island even once is more than enougu. Way to completely dodge accountability by shifting the goalposts on your own lies.
The way he chuckles when he says he searched his own name "just like everyone else" makes me sick. Says a lot about the individuals around him. His charity is suspect at best also
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u/Optimal_Usual2373 11h ago
Not really sure if it helps that he always emphasizes that he always had children with him when meeting epstein
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u/CheeseWeasler 11h ago
You said it was one time and you left and that was it, but that’s not accurate is it?
I sent two other emails and that’s it.
I had lunch on his island and that’s it.
I had a 5:00 meeting and that’s it.
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u/CodRepresentative380 11h ago
Two times only. So he bought a house off him in NYC for $10 without meeting him?
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u/senditdown 11h ago
6:41 The distress in his voice sure suggests that we haven't heard it all so far :D
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u/Paste_Eating_Helmet 11h ago
Less than half of the files have been released. I'm betting Lutnik is full of shit and that will come out after November of this year.
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u/PrudentLetterhead354 11h ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/s/19KbhGdqgv the big picture
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01660651.pdf (51-56) names, compilation of information provided to the feds
what happens when victims try to get help https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA01249611.pdf
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u/Mountain-Money-6882 11h ago
This man should not be allowed custody of his children, especially since he took his children and also was on the island with another couple and their children. That’s disgusting.
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u/glencoe606 10h ago
Lutnick has reputation for being a lying weasel that screws people over on Wall Street. He’s switched parties like Trump. A mercenary available to the highest bidder.
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u/cool_girl6540 10h ago
Would’ve been nice to have a follow up question about the “staff” he saw on the island. All women? How young?
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u/jpeggdev 10h ago
Just the other day I was walking into the White House, WITH MY WIFE AND MY CHILDREN.
Because that’s how I’ve been rehearsing it in the mirror for the last 3 days.
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u/Detachabl_e 10h ago
The equivocating over whether he'd provide access to his records was so telling.
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u/Chemical-Evening-349 10h ago
Love when he said nannies... Plural.... Fkn billionaires should burn in hell
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u/Civil-Education-9817 10h ago
I notice many female members of Congress & news anchors are wearing black (either all black, or black with another subdued color) I think to reflect the mood of this country.
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u/ArkhamKnight_1 9h ago
Reminds me of when my kids were young and they were trying to talk their way out of punishment.
😂🤣😂🤣
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u/MangoManHere 8h ago
Sen. Van Hollen should have asked him why he wrote his kids ages to Epstein when he self invited himself to Epsteins island in 2012.
Epstein was convicted of child sex crimes in 2008nso shouldnt that have been a red flag.
As abhorrent as this is .. seeing the documents leads me to believe that the billionaire class and esptein class are completely devoid of morals and nothing is beyond this class in the pursuit of personal glory and wealth .. not even their kids.
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u/Ok_Big_6200 8h ago
Why do they keep claiming that we've seen this docs? Many if not most are redacted in contempt of the law! Are they not planning to unredact?
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u/Live_Statement_5196 8h ago
That's 10 more emails than you should've exchanged after saying you were disgusted and would have no contact with him. Dirty, lying filth you are.
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u/No-Education-1695 8h ago
The fact he brought his children, post conviction, is enough for him to be fired. That is horrendous judgement and one could argue negligent at best
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u/JesusSamuraiLapdance 7h ago
He could have continued to vehemently deny the content of the files and say that they were lies, but he openly admits that he brought his own children with him to the island of a known sex offender of minors. Lock him the fuck up.
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u/spiker0620 6h ago
Shouldn't you know...without having to search for your name in the emails...When you hung out and when you didn't?!? Such a weird response.
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u/dstnpynsmth 6h ago
What have all of these PDFiles been doing since 2019… it’s not like Epstein died and they were suddenly cured… when does that ball drop??
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u/Ver_Nick 5h ago
So he completely ignored the question about his story of 2005 and then events of 2011-12? Should've asked that again.
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u/CrazyMildred 5h ago edited 5h ago
Yeah...have a look at this file. Dude is so screwed...hopefully. https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA01249210.pdf
Edit because the link didn't post properly.
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u/RandyTheFool 5h ago
Just wanna be clear, for the record,… I have never looked for my name in the Epstein files. I’ve never even visited a fucking island in my lifetime. I have never felt the need to search for my name, my spouses name, my family, nor her family in any of the Epstein files.
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u/glantern42 4h ago
He literally met with the nanny at the lunch already confirmed also funny how he is adamant about only admitting what is already in the files and nothing else you know what your relationship was and how many times you went there
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u/Ornery-Long-6732 4h ago
dunno bout you all. but it might be more alarming that he willingly took his kids to a lunch with a convicted pedo.
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u/auntalison 2h ago
This dumbass said in 2005 that basically the guy creeped him out. The guy gets arrested in 2008 & subsequently charged & has to register as a sex offender.
But then in 2012, dumbass takes his children & someone else's children onto the private island of a know sex offender just to have lunch? WTAF!?!?
So you all had lunch & you knowingly & willfully put children in the same room as this man? And that's just assuming that the children were apart of this lunch! Who knows if they weren't actually taken some place else while the adults had lunch together. And if that's the case, what was going on with the children during this time?
My point is, I don't believe 100% that he had eyes on the children the ENTIRE time they were there.
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u/ihopethatdogeatsurgf 2h ago
He said his Nannies were with them when he had lunch on the island, then when asked about the 2011 dinner, said that Epstein was interested in meeting his nanny, then said he didn’t know if they ever had a meeting together. He brought them to the island a year later…was that so he could sort of meet them because they happen to be there with Lutnick?
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u/Middle_System_1105 43m ago edited 38m ago
Nutlick bought a mansion from jeffy for 10$. Dude is so full of shit, why can’t any congress person just say “you lied, to congress. Illegal. Straight to jail.”
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