Comer: It’s Possible We’ll Depose Commerce Chief Howard Lutnick

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer told reporters that it is “very possible” his panel will compel Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to give testimony regarding his ties to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell as part of the committee’s long-running probe into the infamous criminals, Andrew Feinberg reported for The Independent.

The chairman’s suggestion that Lutnick could soon face a congressional subpoena comes after weeks of increased scrutiny over his relationship with Epstein. (Photo: The White House) 

Speaking in Chappaqua, New York, as he prepared to lead a deposition of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as part of the same probe, Comer was asked whether the panel would consider issuing a subpoena to Lutnick, a longtime friend of President Donald Trump who unsuccessfully sought to become Treasury secretary after serving as finance chief for the 2024 campaign.

He replied: “I think that’s very possible, and I think there’s a good possibility that his name will arise in some questioning today.”

Comer defended his committee’s decision to compel testimony from Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, noting that the panel had already heard testimony from two former Trump Cabinet members.

“So this isn’t just about Democrats. This is about anyone who has any knowledge of Epstein,” he said.

The chairman’s suggestion that Lutnick could soon face a congressional subpoena comes after weeks of increased scrutiny over his relationship with Epstein, his one-time next-door neighbor in New York.

Documents released by the Justice Department showed that Lutnick had lied during an interview with the New York Post in October, when he claimed to have cut off contact with Epstein after a 2005 encounter that he said left him so unsettled he vowed to “never be in the room with that disgusting person ever again