{"id":67562,"date":"2026-02-27T16:57:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T21:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/27\/howard-lutnick-scrutiny-grows-as-new-photo-shows-him-with-epstein\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:57:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T21:57:18","slug":"howard-lutnick-scrutiny-grows-as-new-photo-shows-him-with-epstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/27\/howard-lutnick-scrutiny-grows-as-new-photo-shows-him-with-epstein\/","title":{"rendered":"Howard Lutnick scrutiny grows as new photo shows him with Epstein"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trump commerce secretary \u2013 who lived next door to Epstein in New York \u2013 urged to testify about extent of relationship<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\">Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are taking a closer look at US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick\u2019s connection to late sex offender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/jeffrey-epstein\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>, after the justice department\u2019s website restored a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/epstein\/files\/DataSet%209\/EFTA01230639.pdf\">photo<\/a> showing him with the disgraced financier on his private island.<\/p>\n<p>In the picture, Epstein appears front and center \u2013 and is surrounded by three other men. Lutnick, dressed in a blue shirt and white shorts, stands a few feet behind Epstein.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/feb\/27\/howard-lutnick-jeffrey-epstein-photo\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump commerce secretary \u2013 who lived next door to Epstein in New York \u2013 urged to testify about extent of relationship Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are taking a closer look at US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick\u2019s connection &#8230; <a title=\"Howard Lutnick scrutiny grows as new photo shows him with Epstein\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/27\/howard-lutnick-scrutiny-grows-as-new-photo-shows-him-with-epstein\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Howard Lutnick scrutiny grows as new photo shows him with Epstein\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67562\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}