Howard Lutnick denies relationship with Jeffrey Epstein at Senate

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told a Senate panel

that he had nothing to hide about his meeting with accused

sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein,

but one senator said his previous evasive explanations had

damaged his credibility.

Senator Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, said Lutnick previously

told Congress that he broke up with his New York townhouse 

neighbor in 2005 after Epstein made sexual advances to explain

a massage table in one of his rooms.

But documents released by the Justice Department show

about 10 emails that mention Lutnick, including one that

mentions a lunch on Epstein's private island in the

Caribbean where minors have accused Epstein of abusing them.