Howard Lutnick About to Be Subpoena'd over Epstein “Naked” Photo Controversy

Watch the full Daily DeFranco Show: https://www.youtube.com/@PhilipDeFranco?sub_confirmation=1 Get More News Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpLB7kBu9O5dbBKhaIOmqcQ?sub_confirmation=1 But then, in the final bit of news we should touch on for today, Democrats believe they have enough votes to get Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to testify in their Epstein probe. And if the midterms go their way in November, they think they could eventually get Trump to do the same, too. With Rep. Ro Khanna saying on Meet the Press yesterday: “We have the votes to subpoena Lutnick…I am working with a Republican actually to subpoena Howard Lutnick next week, and I believe he will come before the committee.” With this coming as Republican Nancy Mace said she would call him to testify. And for quite a while now, Lutnick has been facing a ton of pressure to either face the Oversight committee or outright resign from his position because of his Epstein ties. Right, the files suggest that Lutnick lied about the timeline of his relation to Epstein, and even show the two emailing after Epstein was convicted of sex crimes. Then over the last couple of days, there was a ton of backlash after the DOJ briefly removed a photo of Lutnick from the files. That image shows him with Epstein on his island, Little St. James, and an official claimed that the picture was part of a batch of documents flagged to be reviewed for nudity.But there is no nudity in the photo, so you had politicians on both sides of the aisle demanding answers as to why the DOJ took that image down. And even though there is bipartisan support to get Lutnick in the hot seat, it seems the one person still very much on his side is Trump. Because when he was asked about the possibility of the House deposing Lutnick, Trump insisted that the secretary is a “very innocent guy, doing a good job." Which actually brings us to calls for Trump to testify himself, right. For weeks, Democrats in the House Oversight Committee have argued that the president needs to answer questions about Epstein. With Robert Garcia, the committee’s ranking democrat, saying that now that Bill Clinton has testified: “Republicans have now set a new precedent, which is to bring in presidents and former presidents to testify….We are now asking and demanding that President Trump officially come in and testify in front of the Oversight Committee. He appears in the Epstein Files next to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell almost more than anybody else." And right now, the idea that Trump would actually be brought in is a long shot at best, right, most Republicans are still bending over backwards to defend him. But, Democrats are really trying to make this a sticking point heading into the midterms. With Garcia saying that if the House turns blue and he gets to lead House Oversight, the committee would “absolutely” pursue an interview with Trump. And they have even floated getting Melania to talk, too. —————————— Produced by: Cory Ray, Philip DeFranco Edited by: James Girardier, Maxwell Enright, Julie Goldberg, Christian Meeks, Matthew Henry Art Department: William Crespo Writing/Research: Maddie Crichton, Philip DeFranco ———————————— #USA #America #Epstein