Comer says Lutnick ‘wasn’t 100% truthful’ about being on Epstein’s island ahead of interview

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer alleged ahead of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's Wednesday testimony that Lutnick had not been '100% truthful' about visiting Jeffrey Epstein's island, as part of the committee's investigation into Epstein connections. The reporting is sourced directly from Comer's statements to reporters and represents standard wire-service coverage of a developing congressional inquiry. Independent coverage from CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, and The Guardian corroborates that Lutnick is being questioned over discrepancies in his account—specifically, that investigatory files show contact with Epstein extended beyond 2005, when Lutnick previously claimed he stopped communicating with the disgraced financier. Watch for details from Lutnick's closed-door testimony and any subsequent public statements from the Oversight Committee regarding findings from the interview.