A newly uncovered FBI interview raised new questions about U.S. President Donald Trump’s assertion he knew nothing about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes, while Trump’s commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, faced a barrage of questions from lawmakers on Tuesday about his own ties to the financier.
The day’s developments underscored how the fallout from the Epstein scandal remains a major ?political headache for the Trump administration, weeks after the Justice Department released millions of Epstein-related files to comply with a bipartisan bill.
The files have ?also created ?crises abroad after revealing new details of Epstein’s ties to prominent people in politics, finance, business and academia.
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