Howard Lutnick testified he saw Epstein’s massage table as ‘sexual in nature’ during 2005 visit

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick testified before House investigators that he viewed a disturbing comment made by Jeffrey Epstein during a 2005 visit to Epstein’s town house as “sexual in nature,” according to a House oversight committee transcript released Wednesday.

The revelation from the transcript of Lutnick’s May 6 testimony adds new detail to his previously disclosed account that he cut short a tour of Epstein’s Manhattan home after noticing a massage table inside the residence. While Lutnick’s account about witnessing the massage table was previously known, his testimony provides deeper insight into why he said he took lengths to avoid Epstein in the years that followed.

“I asked him why he had a massage table in the middle of his house,” the commerce secretary responded. “And he said — my best recollection is, he said, ‘Every day and the right kind of massage.’”

When asked by investigators what he believed Epstein meant