Trump claims ignorance of Lutnick Epstein island trip and then says he heard about it

Описание: President Donald Trump on Thursday simultaneously claimed not to have known about Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s 2012 trip to deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s private island and admitted to being aware of the visit just days after Lutnick admitted to having travelled to the notorious locale.

Speaking from the Roosevelt Room during an event to announce the repeal of a longstanding climate rule reviled by the fossil fuel industry, Trump was asked if he’d been aware of Lutnick’s travel to Little Saint James, the small part of the U.S. Virgin Islands previously owned by Epstein, and whether he still has confidence in the former bond trading executive.

“No, I wasn’t aware of it ... I actually haven't spoken to him about it ... but from what I hear, he was there with his wife and children,” he said.

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