Comer says Lutnick wasn’t ‘100% truthful’ about Epstein ties before testimony

House oversight committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) told reporters ahead of Wednesday’s hearing that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick had not been “100% truthful” about visiting convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein‘s island.

“I haven’t seen wrongdoing in the email correspondence, but he wasn’t 100% truthful with whether or not he had been on the island,” Comer said. “So we’ll see. And we’ll obviously release the transcripts and everyone can see for themselves.”

Comer’s comments came ahead of Lutnick’s Wednesday testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform as part of the committee’s investigation into Epstein. Lutnick, Epstein’s former neighbor in Manhattan, was mentioned in the Epstein files several times, but he has not been accused of any wrongdoing and has maintained that he has “barely had anything to do with” Epstein.

“I did not have any relationship with him,” Lutnick testified before the Senate in February. “I barely had anything to