Republican calls on Trump ally Howard Lutnick to quit cabinet over Epstein files

[BaronChocula]

Source: The Guardian

US House member Thomas Massie has called for the commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick – a fellow Republican – to resign over his ties to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Massie, who co-authored a law mandating the release of the so-called Epstein files, appeared Sunday on CNN’s Inside Politics and said Lutnick, a staunch Donald Trump ally, “has a lot to answer for”.

“Really, he should make life easier on the president, frankly, and just resign,” Massie said. Alluding to how the Epstein scandal has roiled UK politics, including by costing Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor his title as a prince and Peter Mandelson his US ambassadorship, Massie added of Lutnick: “If this were Great Britain, he’d already be gone.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/09/howard-lutnick-thomas-massie-resign-epstein-files

[UpInArms]

1. Good for Massie

He has been holding very firmly to his convictions regarding Epstein

[Botany]

2. When is Trump going to have to resign over the Epstein files?

In the parts that have been released he has been mentioned over 38,000 times.
Trump was reported to have hit a 13 year old girl he had paid for because he was upset about
the blow job he was getting.
And the Epstein files also show that Putin used the Epstein files along with help from Musk and
Epstein to get Kompromat on Trump.
Trump also had his beauty pageants and “modeling try outs” as a way to bring in new girls for
an international Child Sex Trafficking ring.
Was Melania getting new underage girls from Putin that she then passed onto Maxwell and
Musk and did Putin get Kompromat on Trump and others via those and other girls?
Btw how many young girls from all around the world have just disappeared into nothing
from the Trump, Putin, Musk, & Epstein child sex trafficking ring?

Btw why are the are Republicans protecting Trump? He is a rapist.

[gab13by13]

5. One of the girls that Krasnov raped

was named Maria, there was a witness. Maria disappeared.

I tried this morning to ask why Congressional Democrats aren't demanding that Lutnick resign or be fired and to accuse Krasnov of hiring Epstein enablers. Make a list of people hired by Krasnov who had dealings with Epstein and then bash him with it.

Reporters aren't going to ask Krasnov if he is going to fire Lutnick if only 2 or 3 members of Congress are demanding it.

Where are Schumer and Jeffries on Lutnick?

[gab13by13]

3. Robert Garcia called on Lutnick to resign or be fired,

that's 2 members of Congress.

Democrats could be in attack mode on these Epstein file dumps. Krasnov only hires people who were friends of Epstein.

OK, I sometimes talk in absolutes.

Massie is a target of Krasnov, there is a Krasnov fluffer running in the primary. At a Kentucky event when Massie was speaking poorly about Krasnov's fluffer the Chair snatched the mic from Massie. Massie shouted out he was for the people and not for the CIC or the Magat chair, then he and a large group of people walked out of the event to go have few brewskies.

[travelingthrulife]

4. Finally! Massey's doing well with this.

[gab13by13]

6. It may cost him his job

Krasnov is pouring money into primarying him, would love to see him win regardless.

[pandr32]

11. Krasnov's record of primarying or endorsing someone is bad.

He can throw money around and insult people, but he has lost his power touch. Like all things he has involved himself in--he has ruined it.

[choie]

7. Umm.....

Massie seems to have left someone out

[republianmushroom]

8. But the FBI

FBI concluded Jeffrey Epstein wasn't running a sex trafficking ring for powerful men, files show

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/jeffrey-epstein-client-list-sex-trafficking-049c96080a2ca2c12c84ac506437e50b

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143613314

[peppertree]

9. J. Edgar would be proud

His credo was: If it's GOPee wrongdoing, cover it up (but keep evidence of it, in case someone goes rogue)...

If it's Democratic wrongdoing, turn it into a Salem Witch Trial - complete with copious leaks to McCarthy, Winchell and any other RW drunks willing to go along with the circus.

[MW67]

10. So nutlick I mean Lutnick

Is the problem?