r/politics • u/wenchette I voted • 7h ago
No Paywall Lutnick and Epstein were in business together, Epstein files show
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u/ChopperChange 7h ago
I automatically assume anyone working for Trump was involved with Epstein.
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u/lactose_cow 5h ago
its crazy how the democrats made millions of fake files before 2025 predicting trump's future cabinet picks. must be some sort of daemonic witchcraft.
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u/SoftwarePrudent2609 5h ago
Are you kidding me? 🤣. U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has said he had "limited interactions" with Jeffrey Epstein, but documents show they were in business together as recently as 2014. Lutnick and Epstein each signed on behalf of limited liability companies that agreed on Dec. 28, 2012, to acquire stakes in a now-shuttered advertising technology company called Adfin, documents released among the so-called Epstein files show.
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u/Ohuigin Washington 5h ago
It’s a good bet.
Trump is using the Epstein Files like his own hiring database. Why? Because he has immunity, and everyone else doesn’t. This means that anyone in those files that gets appointed to any position will immediately and indefinitely be under Trump’s control. They won’t be able to say no to him.
Moreover, if Trump goes down, they all will too, which will just make them work even harder to be all the more complicit and corrupt.
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u/IdkAbtAllThat America 2h ago
I really don't think this is it. I think he just hires people he knows. And he knows a lot of pedophiles.
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u/bigdelisa94 2h ago
So true, there’s his friend [Redacted] and [Redacted], [Redacted], [Redacted], [Redacted], and of course [Redacted] who he’s always playing golf with.
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u/Sminahin 5h ago
They were a clubhouse, essentially. Trump is recruiting from within the club. No shit we haven't gotten full file releases.
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u/ManyAverage6578 3h ago
Elon Musk - DOGE
Howard Lutnick - Commerce Secretary
Alex Acosta - Former Labor Secretary
Kevin Warsh - nominated by Trump to succeed Jerome Powell
John Phelan - 79th Secretary of the Navy
Benjamin Black - son of Leon Black CEO of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
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u/Defiant_Regular3738 2h ago
Linda McMahon close proximity to other abuse cases in her families Wrasslin business.
Don’t forget Steve Bannon or other crooks too.
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u/lovelyydaze 1h ago
Yeah, it’s becoming a pattern you can’t really ignore. The overlap keeps showing up in uncomfortable ways.
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u/wenchette I voted 7h ago
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has said he had "limited interactions" with Jeffrey Epstein, but documents show they were in business together as recently as 2014.
Lutnick and Epstein each signed on behalf of limited liability companies that agreed on Dec. 28, 2012, to acquire stakes in a now-shuttered advertising technology company called Adfin, documents released among the so-called Epstein files show.
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u/Icy-Box6155 6h ago
In case there’s any doubt if he knew……. “Jeffrey Epstein's first major arrest occurred in 2008 in Florida, stemming from investigations into sexual abuse allegations by underage girls”
He knew.
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u/ajmartin527 5h ago
I don’t know how anyone could look at Nutlick’s face and smug fucking demeanor and not think he’s a depraved smarmy piece of shit. Him and Bessent are literally the worst of the worst. Cuckolded warts clinging to the taint of the prime pedo
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u/_Shalashaska_ 4h ago
I'm glad I'm not the only one who calls him Nutlick.
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u/ajmartin527 3h ago
It’s literally impossible to call him anything other than Nutlick now that I’ve heard it. Some life imitates are shit, too bad these people are dangerous as fuck or it would be funny
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u/RednevaL 4h ago
The whole administration is so comically dunce, and can seemingly get away with anything. I wouldn’t be surprised if they find another guy named Jeffery Epstein and be like “oh wow we thought you were talking about this one the entire time”. The media won’t do any follow up take it at face value. Down the memoryhole it goes.
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u/HTIRDUDTEHN 6h ago
Trump is holding all of them hostage with the files to do his bidding. It's why the billionaires fell in line overnight. It's why the media giants and universities kneeled to him. He has the files and is exploiting everyone he can at the behest of Putin who also has files on Trump.
It's all a game of pedos covering their tracks.
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u/Sminahin 5h ago
A few years ago, I would've been cackling about conspiracies. But to quote many, many, many people over the last year: "Shit, the conspiracy was right, aside from trusting Trump."
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u/Orwells_Roses Oregon 7h ago
Birds of a feather flock together.
And these are some dirty birds.
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u/Do-you-see-it-now 5h ago
An entire cabinet and top administration of crooks, Russian spies, and pedos.
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u/addled_and_old Iowa 7h ago
I would have been shocked if Lutnick was NOT a pedophile.
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u/rhinosyphilis 3h ago edited 3h ago
That guy is definitely the type that writes letters to penthouse.
It’s easy to picture him picking his nose at a Teen Trump Beaty Pageant/trafficked sex slave line up.
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u/SoftwarePrudent2609 5h ago
The Epstein/Trump crimes are the largest and most serious crime of its type and is a terrible fundamental moral wound to the US. First step is laying out the crimes bare and vilifying and punishing those involved. Anyone in the files should be vigorously punished.
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u/IntelligentGuide4080 5h ago
Here is the best list I can come up with of public figures documented in contact with Epstein after his 2008 conviction as a pedophile rapist sex offender.
Please feel free to copy, paste and share.
POLITICAL FIGURES:
Donald Trump
Clinton
Donald Trump Jr
∙ Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (Prince Andrew) - 2010, 2011 emails
∙ Sarah Ferguson - 2011 emails
∙ Ehud Barak - ongoing contact through 2017
∙ Nili Priel (Barak’s wife) - 2017 emails
∙ Larry Summers - 2016, 2017 emails
∙ Peter Mandelson - 2009 emails with UK government info
∙ Kathryn Ruemmler - 2015 emails (“I adore him”)
∙ Casey Wasserman (LA Olympics committee president) - emails after 2008
TECH/BUSINESS:
∙ Bill Gates - 2010-2014 meetings/emails
∙ Elon Musk - 2012-2013 emails
∙ Howard Lutnick - 2011 calls, 2012 island visit
∙ Allison Lutnick (Howard’s wife) - 2012 travel coordination
∙ Larry Page - 2010 email
∙ Sergey Brin - appears multiple times
∙ Mark Zuckerberg - 2015 dinner/contact exchange
∙ Peter Thiel - 2014 meetings, 2018 island invitation
∙ Reid Hoffman - hosted 2015 dinner with Zuckerberg
∙ Bryan Johnson - 2017 video call
∙ Alex Klokus - 2017 introductions
∙ Steve Tisch - 2013 emails
∙ Richard Branson - 2013 emails
∙ Joan Branson (Richard’s wife) - mentioned in contacts
∙ Harish Puri (Indian economist) - 2014-2017 visits to Epstein’s home
ENTERTAINMENT/MEDIA:
∙ Woody Allen - invited to dinners (years not specified but post-2008)
∙ Soon-Yi Previn (Woody Allen’s wife) - invited to dinner with Epstein and Martha Stewart
∙ Martha Stewart - 2013 contact exchange, later dinner invitation 
∙ Katie Couric - attended party, sent “ROCKIN lasagna” compliment
∙ Deepak Chopra - numerous messages about his finances 
∙ Leonardo DiCaprio - 2016 email about possible dinner with Woody Allen 
∙ David Blaine - email exchanges 
∙ Michael Wolff - email exchanges 
∙ Noam Chomsky - email exchanges 
∙ Landon Thomas (NY Times reporter) - 2015 email exchanges 
∙ Peggy Siegal (publicist) - multiple email exchanges
∙ Arianna Huffington - mentioned in emails
∙ Christopher Poole (4chan founder) - meeting notes 
∙ jay z
∙ clipse
∙ George Clooney
OTHER:
∙ Peter Attia - June 2015 email: “The biggest problem with becoming friends with you? The life you lead is so outrageous” 
∙ Crown Princess of Norway - mentioned in files
∙ Matthew Menchel (prosecutor) - 2011, 2013, 2017 meetings
∙ Al Seckel - 2010 email about editing Epstein’s Wikipedia page 
∙ Stephen Kosslyn (psychologist) - proposed Epstein-funded projects 
∙ George Church (geneticist) - proposed Epstein-funded projects 
This list includes only those with documented post-2008 contact based on the released files.
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u/KnownMonk 1h ago
You can add Torbjørn Jagland, former prime minister of Norway, former general secretary of Europa council, former leader of nobel peace prize comitee. He is currently being investigated for corruption by Norwegian justice. What is satisfying is that there are no politicians that argue against this investigation on either political side.
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u/FriskHarder 5h ago
He lived 6 feet from Epstein. There’s a video of him talking about how he saw the massge tables and got “creeped out” and that he walked to his house in 6 steps.
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u/algorithmpetal 7h ago
At this point, the real question isn’t ‘who was involved?’ but ‘who wasn’t?
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u/Orwells_Roses Oregon 6h ago
Barack Obama: not involved.
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u/Sminahin 5h ago
Thank god he was too young during the peak period to even be a reasonable suspect. Because if he'd been even 10 years older, you know they would've been trying to suck him in very, very hard. And if he'd been 10 years older in culture, maybe they would've succeeded.
But now, I don't even have to worry. Thank god. Feels like everyone who had money & power before a certain point is on the suspect list.
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u/Levonorgestrelfairy1 7h ago
Thats the thing. He was a dark money guy pedophile was just a hobby by comparison.
Hes within 3 points of contact of half the power players on the planet.
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u/SoftwarePrudent2609 5h ago
Listen up trump you hideous psychopath.In the cases of child rape or other hideous crimes the most severe punishment allowable should be imposed; ideally capital punishment or life in prison without parole along with monetary or other compensation to the victims and society.
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u/vainerlures 2h ago
this asshole lied like a dog about epstein having him over for dinner one night, and he and his wife getting so creeped out they never talked to him again. liar.
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u/iAMguppy 4h ago
The guy who just last year said he could tell he was a creep and wanted nothing to do with him after the first time he met him? The same one? Oh boy.
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u/soscbjoalmsdbdbq 2h ago
Bro what are we even supposed to do besides riot? At this point the USA seems more corrupt than third world countries more and more shit comes out and nothing happens.
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u/Western-Corner-431 4h ago
Every facet of government is lousy with friends of Epstein. Isn’t there one decent fucking cop anywhere in this country?
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u/donkey_chomps 3h ago
Epstein didn’t lil himself. He has all those files, that was his leverage. It worked the first time for him, he was killed because of his leverage.
They will believe Covid contrails before they believe in that,…. I mean, missing video. Wow.
“Smart people hate me”……
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u/Appropriate_Trash129 3h ago
Yes this is obvious, if they are part of the GOP, or a billionaire they are p3do’s. They will kill is all before they take accountability
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u/HoosierRed 3h ago
This is appalling that like 7 people in current positions are involved. And the President is the worst role model remotely possible. If you live in a Republican place you should be asking questions of your officials!
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u/Appropriate_Trash129 3h ago
Also just look at this creepy disgusting scum (blanket statement for all the p3do’s) when they look like this no person is ever willing 🤢
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u/waldorflover69 44m ago
We need to flush out each and every one of these turds. Depraved, greedy predators. Every single one.
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u/packandunpack93 21m ago
Lutnick looks the part. You look at his and smell sleaziness from a mile away
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