Trump official busted on Epstein again after 'forgotten photo archive' unearthed: report

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was exposed recently for having attended yet another previously undisclosed event “alongside Jeffrey Epstein,” writer Bekah Day reported Friday.

Last year, Lutnick claimed to have cut off all ties with Epstein in 2005, insisting that from that point on, he was “never in the room with [Epstein] socially, for business, or even philanthropy.” After the release of millions of Epstein-related files, however, it was revealed that Lutnick had met with Epstein on his private island in 2012 and maintained contact through at least 2018.

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Earlier this week, Lutnick appears to have been exposed for lying during his 2025 interview with The New York Post, and potentially while testifying under oath to a Senate committee earlier this year.

“Now, the internet has discovered that [Lutnick] may have not only lied to the public, but also under oath… repeatedly. Yet another event where Howard Lutnick spent the evening surrounded by Jeffrey Epstein and his friends has been uncovered through the unyielding powers of the internet,” Day wrote in an analysis published Friday on her Substack.

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“A user on the online forum r/Epstein discovered an archive from Eva and Glenn Dubin’s December 10, 2012, gala honoring the Dubin Breast Center, which was held in New York City. Obviously, by 2012 Jeffrey Epstein was not just the subject of rumors and controversy. He had already [pleaded] guilty and served a light 13-month sentence in Florida for the procurement of teenage girls for sex.”

Described by Day as a “forgotten photo archive,” the collection of photographs includes several showing Epstein having attended the 2012 event. While not photographed together, the collection also appears to show at least two photographs of Lutnick at the same event.

“What I find increasingly annoying about all of this, is when powerful people are questioned about Jeffrey Epstein, they almost always offer the same explanations: ‘I barely knew him!’ or ‘I only saw him at a few parties!’ or ‘I stopped talking to him as soon as I found out who he really was!’” Day wrote.

“The fact of the matter is: Jeffrey Epstein was repeatedly welcomed into the most protected circles of finance, politics, philanthropy, science, technology, and international diplomacy long after his first arrest.”