Trump Commerce Sec. Lutnick admits visiting Epstein island during family vacation

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Source: CNBC

Published Tue, Feb 10 2026 10:10 AM EST Updated 3 Min Ago


Trump administration Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Tuesday admitted he and his family had lunch on the private island of notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein years earlier. “I did have lunch with him, as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation” in 2012, Lutnick said in testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee.

“My wife was with me, as were my four children and nannies,” he said. “I had another couple with — they were there as well, with their children.” “And we had lunch on the island, that is true, for an hour,” he said. “And we left with all of my children, with my nannies and my wife, all together. We were on family vacation,” he said.

The secretary’s admission came as he faces bipartisan calls to resign following the release of records showing that his business and personal relationship with Epstein was more extensive than previously known.

Lutnick previously said that he cut off contact with Epstein after 2005 — years before Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to a state-level charge of soliciting a minor for prostitution, which required him to register as a sex offender. But analyses of the latest batch of Epstein files released by the Department of Justice show Lutnick and Epstein were in communication years later.

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Published Tue, Feb 10 2026 10:10 AM EST Updated 4 Min Ago


Trump administration Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Tuesday admitted he and his family had lunch on the private island of notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein years earlier.

"I did have lunch with him, as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation," Lutnick said in testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee.

"My wife was with me, as were my four children and nannies," he said. "I had another couple with -- they were there as well, with their children." "And we had lunch on the island, that is true, for an hour," he said.

"And we left with all of my children, with my nannies and my wife, all together. We were on family vacation," he said.


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[UpInArms]

1. "Family" because children were there,

just not “his” children

[BumRushDaShow]

2. DUzy!

[Clouds Passing]

3. How generous of Howie to share his kids on Epstein Island

[snowybirdie]

4. You have it wrong

The nannies were there to keep the children away from the adult section.

[gab13by13]

5. Every Congressional Democrat should be demanding that Krasnov fire Lutnick,

Every credible journalist should be asking Krasnov why he still supports Lutnick.

The Secretary of the Navy is a huge pervert, where is the condemnation of him? He flew on the Lolita Express with a French child sex trafficker.

Krasnov has quite the list of people he hired who were pals with Epstein.

[Scott Alan Swaggerty]

6. Disgusting

[Prairie Gates]

7. Real man of the people, this garbage bag Lutnick

The boat, the island, the children, the nannies, the lunch that took an hour (is there a restaurant on Epstein's Island?), the boat ride back, with the wife, the children, the friends, their children, the nannies.

[Bev54]

8. Did he explain all his other contact

With Epstein? He was also in business with Epstein in more than one company. Why not just get it all out now, unless of course you have something to hide and you think it won’t come out. It is coming out.

[Ray Bruns]

9. What a scumbag.

[dalton99a]

10. How many girls did he rape?

[intheflow]

11. He went out to lunch with his family and brought the nanny?

He was there longer than a lunch date. You don't need to being the nanny if you're just going to lunch, you bring the nanny if you plan on doing "adult" things without the children tagging along.

[Prairie Gates]

15. Excuse me...the nannies

What kind of a poverty case only has one nanny?

[bsiebs]

12. "And we left with all of my children..."

Well at least he didn’t leave any of them behind… scum.

[republianmushroom]

13. Admits only after being caught with no wiggle room.

[JBTaurus83]

14. So the obvious question

If our journalists were actually journalists would be “why did you think this was appropriate after his crimes were already known, and why did you say you cut ties when you are visiting him on family vacations?”

[Buddyzbuddy]

16. Because nothing else says "family vacation with your children like some time on Epstein Island"

After you and your spouse got a "creepy" feeling from a tour of your neighbor, Epstein's home in N.Y. complete with massage "rooms". And following the same Epstein's conviction of sex crimes.

Will Disney Cruise lines be making Epstein Island one of it's stops in the future?

Yup, that guy in the Whitehouse picks all of the "best people."

Shouldn't Children's Social Services visit the Lutnick children to be interviewed for their safety?