2026年2月26日 / 美国东部时间晚上8:52 / CBS新闻
司法部上月作为爱泼斯坦案文件的一部分发布的一张照片，显示美国商务部长霍华德·露特尼克与定罪性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦在加勒比海爱泼斯坦的岛上，该照片已从司法部网站上被移除。
这张经CBS新闻证实的照片显示，爱泼斯坦、露特尼克和另外三名男子站在一处海边悬崖上。
致力于保存数字在线内容的非营利组织互联网档案馆的时光机（Wayback Machine）于1月31日从美国司法部（DOJ）网站下载了这张照片。它也被Jmail（一个创建用于存档爱泼斯坦相关内容的网页界面）存档。
该照片以档案编号EFTA01230639在司法部网站上发布，现在该编号指向”页面未找到”。
CBS新闻已联系商务部和司法部请求置评。
杰弗里·爱泼斯坦和霍华德·露特尼克（穿蓝色衬衫）在爱泼斯坦岛上的一张未注明日期的照片。美国司法部 / 互联网档案馆
数百万份新发布的爱泼斯坦文件中的电子邮件显示，2012年，露特尼克与妻子和四个孩子计划访问爱泼斯坦的私人岛屿小圣詹姆斯岛。
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2012年12月24日，露特尼克受邀在岛上共进午餐，之后，爱泼斯坦的助手代表爱泼斯坦写道：”很高兴见到你。”
露特尼克本月早些时候在国会委员会作证时承认与家人去过那里。
“我们在岛上吃了午餐，这是事实，持续了一个小时，”露特尼克告诉议员们，”然后我们带着所有孩子、保姆和妻子一起离开。我们当时是家庭度假，大家没有分开。暗示2012年发生了任何不当行为，我不记得为什么会这样做，但我们确实去了。”
露特尼克未被指控与爱泼斯坦有任何不当行为，在听证会上表示他”没有什么可隐瞒的——绝对没有”。
然而，最近几周，露特尼克因与爱泼斯坦的关系受到批评，两人在纽约市是邻居。露特尼克此前曾声称2005年已切断与爱泼斯坦的联系。
但爱泼斯坦案文件显示，两人在2014年仍有业务往来，涉及一家名为Adfin的现已关闭的广告公司。
爱泼斯坦案文件显示，两人就Adfin在2018年仍有沟通，爱泼斯坦致信露特尼克：”另外，你觉得Adfin的前景如何？”
同样在2018年，露特尼克给爱泼斯坦发电子邮件，显然是抱怨他们家附近弗里克收藏馆艺术博物馆的扩建计划。
露特尼克警告爱泼斯坦，装修可能”遮挡你的阳光和视野”。
“你应该写一封信。我正在派律师过去。不要忽视这一点，”露特尼克写道。
爱泼斯坦2019年因联邦性交易指控被捕后在狱中死亡，其死亡被裁定为自杀。
This photo of Lutnick on Epstein’s island was removed from Justice Department files
February 26, 2026 / 8:52 PM EST / CBS News
A photo released last month by the Justice Department as part of the Epstein files that showed Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Epstein’s island in the Caribbean has been removed from the Justice Department’s website.
The photo, which has been authenticated by CBS News, shows Epstein, Lutnick, and three other men standing over an oceanside cliff.
The Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, a nonprofit that preserves digital online content, downloaded the photo from the DOJ’s website on Jan. 31. It was also archived by Jmail, a web interface that was created to archive Epstein content.
The photo was released under file No. EFTA01230639 on the DOJ’s website, which now points to a “Page not found.”
CBS News has reached out to the Commerce Department and the DOJ for comment.
An undated photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Howard Lutnick (in blue shirt) on Epstein’s island. U.S. Department of Justice / Internet Archive
Emails that were in the millions of newly released Epstein files showed that in 2012, Lutnick, his wife and their four children planned a visit to Little St. James, a private island where Epstein had an estate.
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Lutnick was invited for lunch on Dec. 24, 2012, and later, Epstein’s assistant wrote on behalf of Epstein, “it was nice seeing you.”
Lutnick, testifying before a congressional committee earlier this month, acknowledged visiting there with his family.
“We had lunch on the island, that is true, for an hour,” Lutnick told lawmakers. “Then we left with all of my children, with my nannies and my wife all together. We were on family vacation. We were not apart. To suggest there was anything untoward about that in 2012, I don’t recall why we did it. But we did.”
Lutnick has not been accused of any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein, and in the hearing said he had “nothing to hide — absolutely nothing.”
In recent weeks, though, Lutnick has faced criticism for his ties to Epstein, who was his neighbor in New York City. Lutnick had previously claimed to have cut off contact with Epstein in 2005.
However, documents in the Epstein files showed the two were in business together as recently as 2014 over their shared dealings in a now-shuttered advertising company called Adfin.
The Epstein files showed that the two communicated about Adfin as late as 2018, with Epstein writing to Lutnick, “on another note what do you think the prospects for adfin are??”
Also in 2018, Lutnick emailed Epstein to apparently complain about an expansion plan for the Frick Collection art museum near their homes.
Lutnick warned Epstein that the renovation might “block your sunlight and views.”
“You should put in a letter. I’m sending a lawyer. Don’t ignore this,” Lutnick wrote.
Epstein died in jail in 2019 after his arrest on federal charges of sex trafficking. His death was ruled a suicide.
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