{"id":51213,"date":"2026-02-19T09:05:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=51213"},"modified":"2026-02-19T09:05:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:05:24","slug":"watch-trumps-main-neocon-zionist-handler-cracks-before-congress-as-epstein-files-expose-his-bald-faced-lies-and-treachery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=51213","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b>WATCH! Trump&#8217;s Main Neocon Zionist Handler Cracks Before Congress As Epstein Files Expose His Bald-faced Lies And Treachery<\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->Zerohedge.com<\/p>\n<p>Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is currently testifying in front of the Senate Appropriations Committee on broadband deployment funding &#8211; however the conversation quickly veered into\u00a0<strong>his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/SQVVZULSAZNY7DXZ2HKGNEVKXM_80.jpg?itok=VKagam9v\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/SQVVZULSAZNY7DXZ2HKGNEVKXM_80.jpg?itok=VKagam9v\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/SQVVZULSAZNY7DXZ2HKGNEVKXM_80.jpg?itok=VKagam9v\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"8a48349f-bd28-4a83-9caf-550ffcc0c948\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lutnick insisted he &#8220;<strong>barely had anything to do with that person,&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0referring to Epstein,\u00a0<strong>though he admitted that he went to Epstein&#8217;s island and had lunch with him in 2012<\/strong>, and that he couldn&#8217;t recall why he went to the island owned by the then-convicted pedophile.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2021238518811361497&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fwatch-live-lutnick-claims-he-barely-had-anything-do-epstein&amp;sessionId=9c1885edd4b3dd08e1fcc50b80f9ffcaf5f8495b&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"2021238518811361497\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>*LUTNICK ON EPSTEIN: &#8216;HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING&#8217;<br \/>\n*LUTNICK: I DIDN&#8217;T HAVE DINNER IN EPSTEIN APARTMENT IN 2011<br \/>\n*LUTNICK: DON&#8217;T RECALL WHY WE WENT TO EPSTEIN ISLAND IN 2012<br \/>\n*LUTNICK: I DID VISIT EPSTEIN ISLAND, HAD LUNCH WITH HIM<br \/>\n*LUTNICK: I &#8216;BARELY HAD ANYTHING&#8217; TO DO WITH EPSTEIN<br \/>\n*LUTNICK: I PROBABLY HAD TOTAL 10 EMAILS WITH EPSTEIN<\/p>\n<p><strong>While Republicans may keep the testimony on topic, expect Democrats to pepper him with more Epstein questions&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Watch:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eRJHXA1c__w?si=lWSB8fC1901g_fkM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/watch-live-lutnick-claims-he-barely-had-anything-do-epstein\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/watch-live-lutnick-claims-he-barely-had-anything-do-epstein<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}