An 'egregious cover-up': Dems say Howard Lutnick blatantly lied in his testimony about Epstein ties

0:00 Howard Lutnick is a pathological liar who is

0:03 enabling the most egregious cover-up in American history.

0:07 They went to his home, they took a tour,

0:09 and allegedly were so uncomfortable after seeing

0:12 the massage tables in Jeffrey Epstein's home.

0:14 He said that he would never socially or professionally be

0:18 involved or be in a room with Jeffrey Epstein again.

0:21 Then in 2012, he took his family and his staff to Jeffrey Epstein's Island.

0:28 I recommend that every single American,

0:30 when this interview is released, read the document in full.

0:34 Contortions and lies and no acknowledgement that he misled the American public.

0:40 And if you saw the exchanges that my colleagues had with him,

0:43 you would see he made a farce of the English language.

0:48 I mean, he was trying to define I as if saying

0:54 that what he really meant is that he would not see Epstein alone,

0:59 but he'd be totally fine with having his wife and kids kids see Epstein.

1:03 It made no sense.

1:05 He originally had said that Epstein

1:08 engaged in blackmail and recorded videotapes.

1:12 Now he's saying, "Well, he was wrong.

1:14 He was just speculating and Epstein actually didn't engage

1:18 in blackmailing." This raises the question of what the cover-up is.

1:22 Did someone tell him to say that?

1:24 Howard Lutnick should resign.

1:26 That was absolutely mind-boggling what we just heard in the room.

1:29 He was evasive, nervous, he was dishonest.

1:32 I had to ask him whether he and I were in the same room just

1:34 now because I couldn't understand his meaning

1:37 of we were in the same room together.

1:39 He doesn't remember why he went to Jeffrey Epstein's Island,

1:42 which is also mind-boggling.

1:43 He somehow remembers going to the Island after

1:45 pictures surfaced of him being at the Island,

1:48 but he doesn't remember why he went to the Island.

1:50 Chairman Comer said that he hadn't seen

1:52 any evidence of wrongdoing by Secretary Lutnick.

1:57 And that's actually the problem

1:58 with the Trump administration and this Republican

2:00 majority in Congress because lying to the American people is wrongdoing.

2:05 And Howard Lutnick lied to the American people.

2:08 I hope today that we would have heard some remorse,

2:11 some contrition from Secretary Lutnick for flat

2:15 out lying to the American people.

2:17 Instead, what we've heard thus far is hours of testimony

2:21 where he's attempting to redefine the meaning of the word I.

2:25 He was asked by a number of us if he spoke

2:27 to President Trump about today's testimony

2:30 and he refused to answer that question.

2:32 He did say he didn't speak to President

2:34 Trump or Donald Trump when he was not President,

2:37 but he would not answer the question as to whether

2:39 he spoke to President Trump about today's testimony.