Overview

• In a New York Post podcast interview, Lutnick called Jeffrey Epstein “the greatest blackmailer ever” and speculated that videos of associates may have been traded for leniency.
• Lutnick said Epstein gave him a 2005 tour of his Manhattan townhouse and showed a “massage room,” adding that he assumed encounters there were recorded.
• A July 6 memo from the Justice Department and FBI said a systematic review found no client list and no credible evidence of blackmail, diverging from Lutnick’s claims.
• A spokesperson for Bill Gates rejected the insinuation raised in the interview, stating that Gates met Epstein to discuss philanthropy and nothing else.
• The coverage revisits Epstein’s 2008 Florida plea arrangement overseen by then–U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta, whose attorney told a House panel this month that relying on the state system was a mistake.