委员会主席詹姆斯·科默周二宣布卢特尼克的证词安排
作者：伊丽莎白·埃尔金德
来源：福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年3月3日 美国东部时间下午3:40
特朗普政府商务部长霍华德·卢特尼克将自愿前往众议院监督委员会，就对杰弗里·爱泼斯坦（Jeffrey Epstein）的调查出庭作证。
周二，委员会主席、肯塔基州共和党人詹姆斯·科默在发送给福克斯新闻数字版及其他媒体的声明中证实了卢特尼克的出席安排。
“卢特尼克部长已主动同意自愿出席众议院监督和政府改革委员会的听证会，”科默表示，“我赞赏他展现出的透明度承诺，并感谢他愿意与委员会配合。期待他的证词。”
卢特尼克是联邦政府公布的爱泼斯坦文件中被提及的众多商界、娱乐界和政界知名人士之一。
最近公布的显示他与爱泼斯坦在一起的照片，也让这位从商人转变为特朗普政府官员的人士受到更多审视，尽管卢特尼克否认与爱泼斯坦存在任何不当关联。
白宫在被问及卢特尼克即将出庭时也为其辩护。
“卢特尼克部长仍然是特朗普总统的重要资产，在促成重大贸易和投资协议中发挥了关键作用。整个特朗普政府，包括卢特尼克部长，仍致力于为美国民众带来更多成果，”白宫发言人库什·德赛告诉福克斯新闻数字版。
福克斯新闻数字版也联系了商务部寻求置评。
上周，前总统比尔·克林顿和前国务卿希拉里·克林顿因传票要求接受委员会宣誓作证，围绕卢特尼克与爱泼斯坦关联的猜测成为焦点。
与他们不同的是，卢特尼克未被传票传唤，而是自愿出席。
比尔·克林顿告诉监督委员会，他“不记得曾与他就杰弗里·爱泼斯坦或吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦（Ghislaine Maxwell）进行过任何交谈”。
与此同时，希拉里·克林顿与南卡罗来纳州共和党众议员南希·梅斯就她与卢特尼克的关系展开激烈辩论。
梅斯曾询问克林顿与卢特尼克的关系，前国务卿坚称两人的关系仅限于2001年9·11恐怖袭击后的救援工作——当时她是纽约州参议员，而卢特尼克是一名商人，其员工在飞机撞击世贸中心时损失惨重。
周二早些时候，梅斯在X平台（原推特）上表示，在科默发表声明前，她本会推动委员会传唤卢特尼克。
伊丽莎白·埃尔金德是福克斯新闻数字版的政治记者，负责众议院相关报道。此前曾在《每日邮报》和哥伦比亚广播公司新闻担任数字记者。
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Trump Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to appear for House Epstein probe, Comer says
Chairman James Comer announced Lutnick’s testimony on Tuesday
By Elizabeth Elkind
Fox News
Published March 3, 2026 3:40pm EST
Trump administration Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick will appear voluntarily before the House Oversight Committee for its probe into Jeffrey Epstein.
Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., confirmed Lutnick’s appearance in a statement sent to Fox News Digital and other outlets on Tuesday.
“Secretary Lutnick has proactively agreed to appear voluntarily before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform,” Comer said. “I commend his demonstrated commitment to transparency and appreciate his willingness to engage with the Committee. I look forward to his testimony.”
Lutnick is one of several high-profile people in business, entertainment and politics whose name has come up in the trove of Epstein files being released by the federal government.
Recently released photos showing him with Epstein have also served to heap scrutiny on the businessman-turned-Trump administration official, though Lutnick has denied any improper ties related to Epstein.
The White House also defended Lutnick when asked about his upcoming appearance.
“Secretary Lutnick continues to be a critical asset for President Trump, having played a key role in securing major trade and investment deals. The entire Trump administration, including Secretary Lutnick, remains focused on delivering more wins for the American people,” White House spokesman Kush Desai told Fox News Digital.
Fox News Digital also reached out to the Commerce Department for comment.
Speculation around Lutnick’s Epstein ties took center stage last week when former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appeared before the panel under subpoena for their own sworn depositions.
Unlike them, Lutnick was not subpoenaed and is appearing voluntarily.
Bill Clinton told the Oversight Committee he did not “remember ever having any conversation with him about Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell.”
Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton got into a heated back-and-forth with Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., over her own relationship with Lutnick.
Mace had asked Clinton about her relationship with Lutnick. The former secretary of state insisted her relationship with him went as far as recovery efforts from the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, when she had been a senator from New York and Lutnick was a businessman who lost hundreds of employees when planes hit the World Trade Center.
Mace suggested on X earlier on Tuesday that she would have moved to have Lutnick subpoenaed by the committee, shortly before Comer’s statement came out.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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