1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,200 Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:07,599 Epstein Chronicles. Now listen, folks, I know this is gonna 3 00:00:07,639 --> 00:00:12,640 come as a gigantic surprise, But Howard Lutnick hasn't been 4 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:17,800 telling us the truth about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Now, look, 5 00:00:17,839 --> 00:00:20,559 I know you're all shocked to hear that, considering Howard 6 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:22,960 Lutnik is such a gray dude and he would never 7 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:27,039 ever spend any time with Jeffrey Epstein. And he says 8 00:00:27,079 --> 00:00:29,640 it with just like this smile and this glint in 9 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:35,119 his eye. Meanwhile, old Howard Lutnik over here is engaging 10 00:00:35,119 --> 00:00:39,600 in business deals with Epstein, being friendly with Epstein. Oh yeah, 11 00:00:39,679 --> 00:00:42,359 and did you hear the one about Epstein donating fifty 12 00:00:42,439 --> 00:00:46,240 thousand dollars to a charity dinner that was honoring good 13 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:50,399 old Howie Lutnick. Well, in this article, you're gonna hear 14 00:00:50,399 --> 00:00:54,159 about that and a lot more. So let's dive into 15 00:00:54,159 --> 00:00:57,840 this article from Mother Jones and let's see what they 16 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:01,560 have for us and the headline. New details from Epstein 17 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:05,400 files reveal Lutnik had years long business tie with the 18 00:01:05,439 --> 00:01:08,879 sex offender. Well, it was obvious that he was lying 19 00:01:08,879 --> 00:01:13,280 about his relationship. Did anyone really believe that Howard Lutnick 20 00:01:13,519 --> 00:01:16,120 live right next door to Jeffrey Epstein and he only 21 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:20,400 went over there one time? Like really? Or how about 22 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:26,040 that Hillary fundraiser that Epstein was invited to. Let's not 23 00:01:26,079 --> 00:01:28,000 act like he didn't show up or he didn't drop 24 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:31,239 off a bag. He most certainly did. So the whole 25 00:01:31,359 --> 00:01:36,040 entire narrative that we've gotten from Lutnik about his relationship 26 00:01:36,079 --> 00:01:38,920 with Epstein or the non existence of it, is just 27 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:41,000 a bunch of bs. Now, look, I'm not gonna sit 28 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,599 here and tell you that Lutnik was involved, you know, 29 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:46,200 with the day to day activity, but he was certainly 30 00:01:46,239 --> 00:01:50,200 somebody that was adjacent to Jeffrey Epstein and somebody that 31 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:54,040 had some business dealings with him. The author of this 32 00:01:54,200 --> 00:02:00,159 article is Noah Lanyard. There's more bad news for or 33 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:04,280 Commerce Secretary Howard Luttnik in the Epstein files. Previously on 34 00:02:04,439 --> 00:02:08,240 reported documents show he hasn't been accurate or perhaps honest 35 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:12,240 about the extent of his business ties to Jeffrey Epstein. 36 00:02:13,319 --> 00:02:16,039 Lutnick has had a big problem since the trove was 37 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:19,960 released last month. He previously insisted he and his wife 38 00:02:20,199 --> 00:02:23,240 cut ties with Epstein in two thousand and five, after 39 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:26,639 they moved next door to Epstein's mansion in New York City. 40 00:02:27,319 --> 00:02:30,919 In an interview last year, Lutnick said that Epstein had 41 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:34,039 given him an uncomfortable tour of his home and that 42 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:36,400 he vowed he would never be in the room with 43 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:40,719 that disgusting person ever again until he was How was 44 00:02:40,719 --> 00:02:43,520 that lunch over on the island after he was already convicted? 45 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:49,080 You gigantic wire? But the file showed that Lutnick and 46 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:52,879 his family visited Epstein on his private island in twenty twelve, 47 00:02:53,479 --> 00:02:57,360 that Epstein in twenty seventeen donated fifty thousand dollars to 48 00:02:57,439 --> 00:03:01,400 a charity dinner honoring Lutnick, and that the following year 49 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:06,080 the two communicated about countering an expansion of a neighboring museum. 50 00:03:06,319 --> 00:03:08,800 Which is hilarious because these guys will tell you how 51 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:11,840 cultured they are, right, Oh, we want this, we want that. 52 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:15,800 We're here for the arts. Unless there's a museum that 53 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:19,000 might bring people around their house, then forget it. The 54 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:21,919 last thing they want is sweaty plebeians running around and 55 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,039 sticking up the neighborhood. Yo. The contempt that these people 56 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:30,840 have for you is completely overwhelming. Earlier this month, CBS 57 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:34,080 News revealed more on their connection by reporting that Lutnik 58 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:37,599 and Epstein each signed the contract in twenty twelve, four 59 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:41,800 years after Epstein pleaded guilty to sex crimes, to invest 60 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:46,319 in a digital ad technology company called Adfin Solutions. The 61 00:03:46,439 --> 00:03:49,680 deal was dated just five days after Lutnick and his 62 00:03:49,759 --> 00:03:53,879 family visited Epstein on his private island. Lutnick signed on 63 00:03:53,919 --> 00:03:57,759 behalf of a limited liability company controlled by counter Fitzgerald, 64 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:01,639 the investment firm where he served as CEO, and it's 65 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:04,159 crazy Bro is the CEO of the company here in 66 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:08,599 Vegas too, Canner Gaming, and it ended up go and 67 00:04:08,719 --> 00:04:12,479 bust because they were in bed with the mafia. You 68 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:15,759 had the mafia run a book through Canner laying bets 69 00:04:15,759 --> 00:04:18,519 off all kinds of shit, and that was called the 70 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:22,040 Jersey Boy scandal. And we've talked about that before previously 71 00:04:22,079 --> 00:04:25,839 as well. So it's not like Howard Lutnick is new 72 00:04:25,879 --> 00:04:29,600 to controversy, but he's one of those very powerful people 73 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:32,879 who always finds a way to definitely navigate their way 74 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:35,439 through it, and they always come out on the other 75 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:40,120 end looking better than when they started. Lutnixx Camp has 76 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:43,399 tried to minimize his involvement with Epstein through their shared 77 00:04:43,439 --> 00:04:47,920 investment in Adfin. A spokesperson for the Commerce Department told 78 00:04:47,959 --> 00:04:52,360 CBS News Secretary Lutnik had limited interaction with mister Epstein 79 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:55,519 in the presence of his wife and has never been 80 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:58,639 accused of wrongdoing, and a source close to Lutnik told 81 00:04:58,639 --> 00:05:02,399 the network that Canter was a small minority investor in 82 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:05,519 the venture. This source added that at the time of 83 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:09,199 doing the deal, as a minority investor, mister Lutnick would 84 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:12,560 not have any knowledge of who the other investors were. Well, 85 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:17,360 he knows now, and he knew previously. So why wasn't 86 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:22,439 he just honest when the question was asked. I'll tell 87 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:26,480 you why. Because he thinks you're stupid, and he thinks 88 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:29,519 that even if this is exposed, nothing's going to happen 89 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:34,360 to him. Meanwhile, you have Prince Andrew who's literally looking 90 00:05:34,439 --> 00:05:37,000 out a life sentence. Now do I think he's going 91 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:40,399 to get that? No, but at least there's a threat. 92 00:05:41,439 --> 00:05:44,920 Is there any threat whatsoever for Howard Lutnick? Of course 93 00:05:44,959 --> 00:05:47,959 there's not. There never has been, and unfortunately I doubt 94 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,240 there ever will be. He'll just keep on keeping on. 95 00:05:50,519 --> 00:05:52,759 He'll stay in his position, and even if he gets 96 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:56,920 fired from the Commerce secretary position, well, he's going to 97 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:00,000 go home and swim in his money like Scrooge McDuck. 98 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:04,319 So he's golden no matter what happens. It's the rest 99 00:06:04,319 --> 00:06:08,839 of us that are screwed, literally and figuratively. And by 100 00:06:08,879 --> 00:06:11,160 the way, I have a hard time believing that Howard 101 00:06:11,199 --> 00:06:14,519 Lutnick didn't do due diligence not only on what he 102 00:06:14,639 --> 00:06:17,720 was investing in, but on who he was investing with. 103 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:23,360 So I find that hard to believe. That's misleading. Emails 104 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:26,360 and documents in the massive Epstein release not yet reported, 105 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:29,480 revealed that Lutnik went on to become a prominent figure 106 00:06:29,639 --> 00:06:34,079 in Adfin, not merely a minority investor, and that he 107 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:37,120 and his company were financially interconnected with Epstein in the 108 00:06:37,199 --> 00:06:40,800 venture for at least six years. They also show that 109 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:44,759 Canner essentially took over Adfin as Epstein played an investor 110 00:06:44,879 --> 00:06:49,600 role in the struggling firm. It's highly improbable that Lutnik 111 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:52,839 did not know Epstein was a key shareholder. Yeah, I 112 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:55,360 find it hard to believe as well. I think it's 113 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:57,959 a bunch of BS. In fact, the Department of Commerce 114 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:01,600 did not respond to a request for comment. Kantor Fitzgerald 115 00:07:01,759 --> 00:07:05,800 did not respond to a request for comment. An email 116 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:10,399 exchange from May twenty eighth, twenty eighteen, HWL. Lutnek's middle 117 00:07:10,519 --> 00:07:14,759 name is William discussing Adfinn with Epstein and a parent 118 00:07:14,839 --> 00:07:18,040 sign that Lutnik was aware of Epstein's involvement in the 119 00:07:18,079 --> 00:07:21,920 company and that he maintained a business relationship with Epstein 120 00:07:22,279 --> 00:07:26,360 far longer than he is acknowledged. So that should be 121 00:07:26,439 --> 00:07:29,519 enough right there for him to be forced out of office. 122 00:07:30,279 --> 00:07:33,439 He lied to the American people. Does that not count anymore? 123 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:35,920 Does that not matter? I mean, I guess it doesn't. 124 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:39,160 I guess it doesn't. As long as the person's on 125 00:07:39,199 --> 00:07:41,720 your team, right, it's all good. And that's the kind 126 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:44,600 of mentality we got to break away from. It doesn't 127 00:07:44,639 --> 00:07:47,399 matter who's guilty of these crimes, it doesn't matter who 128 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:51,040 is engaging in this bullshit. They should be held accountable. 129 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:54,360 And I don't just mean when it comes to Ebstein, 130 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:57,600 I'm talking about in general. If you're going to take 131 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:01,959 a position that comes with great responseility, you must conduct 132 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:07,040 yourself correctly and with honor and if you can't do that, 133 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:11,160 don't take a job representing people. Don't take a job 134 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:14,279 in the American government. In the emails, the two discussed 135 00:08:14,319 --> 00:08:18,600 adfinn status. Epstein asked HWL, what do you think the 136 00:08:18,639 --> 00:08:23,319 prospects for adfinn R In an email more confidential and 137 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:27,720 the sole property at counter Fitzgerald LLP and its affiliates replied, 138 00:08:28,079 --> 00:08:32,679 producing revenue. Finally, this is their year, next twelve months. 139 00:08:32,799 --> 00:08:38,159 They need to become economically self sufficient. HWL and Epstein 140 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:41,840 in these emails also had a friendly discussion about real estate, 141 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:47,159 including a reference to a property HWL called Pierre. Lutnick 142 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,759 bought the penthouse in the Pierre Hotel in twenty seventeen. 143 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:57,360 Epstein asked, I can buy my guesthouse. HWL responded, haven't 144 00:08:57,399 --> 00:09:01,159 even picked an architect or a designer yet. Nah. They 145 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:04,559 weren't close, right, They weren't buddies, just two guys that 146 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:07,960 happened to live next to each other. Everything else is 147 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:12,240 just a gigantic coincidence. How dare you think anything else? 148 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:18,120 You conspiracy theorist. The documents in the Epstein file about 149 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:21,919 the adfin deal were uncovered by a British whistleblower, who 150 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:25,720 has asked to remain unidentified. He's a former managing director 151 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:30,440 at BGC Financial, an affiliate of Canner Fitzgerald, who has 152 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:34,360 been in employment dispute with BGC in the United States, 153 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:38,679 claiming he faced retaliation for reporting the financial regulator is 154 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:41,399 wrongdoing at the firm. Well, I can tell you right 155 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:45,080 now when they worked in Vegas, when they had Canter Gaming, 156 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:48,759 they didn't care about stars. I can't tell you how 157 00:09:48,799 --> 00:09:51,840 many stars I filed. They didn't care about any of it. 158 00:09:52,159 --> 00:09:55,279 They cared about making money. That's it, point blank, period, 159 00:09:55,679 --> 00:10:02,919 and they were very clear about that as well. After 160 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,639 he filed whistleblower reports with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission 161 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:11,320 regarding BGC Financial, the CFTC and posed a three million 162 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:16,519 dollar sanction in twenty nineteen on BGC for numerous supervision, 163 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:21,759 reporting and record keeping violations all tracks. The Adfin deal 164 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:26,240 started at the end of twenty twelve with stock purchase 165 00:10:26,279 --> 00:10:29,759 agreement for the firm that both Lutnik and Epstein signed 166 00:10:29,799 --> 00:10:33,720 on behalf of corporate entities. It included a schedule of 167 00:10:33,799 --> 00:10:37,159 purchases for each of the eight investors in the coming year. 168 00:10:37,519 --> 00:10:41,559 In April of twenty thirteen, Epstein, through his Southern Trust Company, 169 00:10:41,879 --> 00:10:45,639 put in five hundred thousand. In July, he invested another 170 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:49,519 one hundred and twenty five thousand. As part of that investment, 171 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:55,639 Lutnik invested three hundred and fifty thousand through CVA FHLLC. 172 00:10:55,919 --> 00:11:00,120 The parent company for his firm was Kener Fitzgerald. By 173 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:04,679 March twenty seventeen, Epstein's investments and ADFIN would be up 174 00:11:04,879 --> 00:11:08,039 to eight hundred and seventy five thousand dollars according to 175 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:11,639 his own records. So this is another reason they didn't 176 00:11:11,679 --> 00:11:14,960 use RICO, because if they recoed Epstein, all these people 177 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:18,399 would get caught up, just like I've told you, and 178 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:20,559 you don't have to be a financial genius to figure 179 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:24,360 that out. If you received ill gotten gains during this 180 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:28,080 time from Epstein, congratulations, your bitch ass is part of 181 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:30,720 the case. And it would be nice if somebody in 182 00:11:30,759 --> 00:11:39,440 Congress would ask about RICO. At the end of twenty thirteen, 183 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:43,399 LATINX Company became more deeply involved in ADFIN when it 184 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:46,679 loaned the company two million. Epstein was one of three 185 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:50,120 non cantor shareholders who had to approve the loan and 186 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:53,559 he did signing an agreement that was also signed by 187 00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:57,919 a counter official who served as CFO of cv A 188 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:02,559 FH one. So it's indisputable. Okay, they were in business together, 189 00:12:02,679 --> 00:12:05,039 they were friendly. He was going to the island, and 190 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:07,519 Lutnik lied, I'm not going to play games here and 191 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:09,519 be like, oh he was loose with the truth. No, 192 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:13,440 he lied, and the whole entire purpose was to keep 193 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:17,000 the American people from knowing the actual depths of his 194 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:22,799 relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. In January of twenty fourteen, David Mitchell, 195 00:12:22,919 --> 00:12:26,000 a real estate developer and another investor in the company, 196 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:30,360 emailed Epstein to share additional details about the funding from Canner. 197 00:12:31,159 --> 00:12:33,440 Because of the loan, Canner was now in a position 198 00:12:33,639 --> 00:12:36,519 to gain a board seat at Adfin, Mitchell wrote. But 199 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:40,440 Mitchell also reminded Epstein that he, Epstein and a founder 200 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:43,840 of Adfin could work together as a group could block 201 00:12:43,919 --> 00:12:48,080 certain actions of the company. In short, Lutnik's company was 202 00:12:48,159 --> 00:12:51,519 gaining a larger stake in Adfin, but Epstein would remain 203 00:12:51,759 --> 00:12:55,960 an influential investor in the firm. Mitchell did not respond 204 00:12:56,159 --> 00:13:00,320 to a request for comment. Nobody's going to respond. That's 205 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:04,320 been the mo because they know there's nothing they can 206 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:09,720 say that makes any of this okay. Epstein continued to 207 00:13:09,799 --> 00:13:12,679 keep an eye on the investment. In one twenty fourteen 208 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:16,279 email to an unidentified recipient, he called the firm, which 209 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:20,320 was offering technology to track digital ads, very tomorrow and 210 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:26,080 noted it would be a great internship. By July twenty fifteen, 211 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:29,960 according to an archive page of Adfin's website, Lutnik was 212 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:33,799 listed as one of five board members and investors at 213 00:13:33,799 --> 00:13:37,759 the company. Epstein was not cited on the list, though 214 00:13:37,799 --> 00:13:41,720 he had retained his shares in the firm. In February 215 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:45,320 of twenty sixteen, Mitchell sent a letter to Adfin investors 216 00:13:45,679 --> 00:13:50,080 informing them that Cantor was investing another one point seventy 217 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:53,399 five million in the company and that the shares that 218 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:56,399 you purchased a number of years ago will be diluted. 219 00:13:56,559 --> 00:13:59,960 He wrote, personally, I feel very badly that this happened, 220 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:03,240 as I introduced you to this investment to co invest 221 00:14:03,279 --> 00:14:07,279 alongside me. A chart accompanying the letter noted that Epstein's 222 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:10,159 holdings in the firm would decrease from eight point eight 223 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:13,840 percent of the shares to five point six percent. Well 224 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:18,480 that doesn't shock me either. Canner Gaming still ows me 225 00:14:18,799 --> 00:14:22,159 five thousand shares as part of a compensation package for 226 00:14:22,279 --> 00:14:25,360 me accepting a management job with their company. Breaking news 227 00:14:25,639 --> 00:14:31,080 nobody got any shares. An addendum to the letter from 228 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:34,159 Mitchell said that Canner would control the board of directors 229 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:37,960 in Lutnik would join the board. Cantor will effectively control 230 00:14:38,039 --> 00:14:41,840 decision making power at the board and stockholder level, it noted, 231 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:46,639 adding that Adfin will be majority owned by Canner. In 232 00:14:46,679 --> 00:14:51,120 February of twenty eighteen, Adfin asked Epstein's Southern Trust would 233 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:54,600 be interested in additional investment in the firm alongside a 234 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:58,559 new injection of funds from Cantor, but Epstein wanted out. 235 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:02,799 He emailed his accountant, Richard Kahn, and said, you can 236 00:15:02,799 --> 00:15:05,440 tell them we are a seller at cost eight seventy 237 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:08,519 five and we are out, a reference to his investment 238 00:15:08,799 --> 00:15:11,200 of eight hundred and seventy five thousand in the firm. 239 00:15:11,759 --> 00:15:16,720 At the time, Epstein was the third largest investor in Adfin. So, yeah, 240 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:21,000 Lutnick knew him. Okay, that confirms it. Lutnick isn't in 241 00:15:21,039 --> 00:15:25,840 this business and not knowing what's going on. Kahn expressed 242 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:29,720 Epstein's interest in selling his Adfin shares. In an email 243 00:15:29,759 --> 00:15:33,279 to the company's CEO, he added, can you please communicate 244 00:15:33,559 --> 00:15:36,919 this to existing investors, which would have included Lutnik and 245 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:42,240 Cantor nothing happened right away. Six weeks later, Adfin ceo 246 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:46,720 wrote Cohn, sorry for the delay. We were trying to 247 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:49,279 get a response from Howard and Jonathan on your ask, 248 00:15:49,519 --> 00:15:51,840 but there is apparently no interest at this time on 249 00:15:51,919 --> 00:15:55,960 the sale of your interest. After that, Mitchell told Epstein 250 00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:59,679 there was an offer for one hundred thousand for Epstein shares. 251 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:01,759 He added, I need to get them up to a 252 00:16:01,879 --> 00:16:04,759 rational number that at least gets you back your investment. 253 00:16:05,279 --> 00:16:08,159 Epstein replied, okay, I can wait. We have eight hundred 254 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:12,080 and seventy five in On May twentieth, twenty eighteen, Lutnick 255 00:16:12,159 --> 00:16:15,000 contacted Epstein and asked if he was aware that a 256 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:18,320 renovation of the Frick Collection on the Upper East Side 257 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:21,919 would block our park views. He added, what should we 258 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:25,840 do about it? Time is of the essence. Epstein's assistant 259 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:28,799 wrote back that Epstein was not aware. Thank you for 260 00:16:28,879 --> 00:16:33,720 letting us know. Imagine these two disgusting scumbags. Oh, we 261 00:16:33,759 --> 00:16:36,200 can't see the park anymore. Imagine that's the kind of 262 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:39,480 problem you have. God forbid, I can't see the park. 263 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:43,519 And furthermore, Jeffrey Epstein probably shouldn't live near a park, 264 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:47,240 never mind see one. The same day, Epstein wrote an 265 00:16:47,279 --> 00:16:50,720 email saying, tell your lawyer that Darren, my lawyer will 266 00:16:50,759 --> 00:16:54,960 contact him. In response, the HWL account replied, meeting is 267 00:16:54,960 --> 00:17:00,919 tomorrow morning, presumably referring to a meeting about the proposed museum. 268 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:04,839 That was the day when Epstein directly asked HWL about 269 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:09,519 the prospects for Adfinn, and HWL provided an optimistic assessment, 270 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:13,240 noting that it was finally producing revenue, adding that this 271 00:17:13,599 --> 00:17:18,000 is their year that was not to be. Adfinn was 272 00:17:18,039 --> 00:17:21,839 shut down in October twenty nineteen, three months after Epstein 273 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:25,720 was arrested on federal sex crime charges and two months 274 00:17:25,799 --> 00:17:28,680 after he died in prison. So can we just cut 275 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:32,039 the crap please. It's obvious that Howard Lutnik was a 276 00:17:32,039 --> 00:17:35,039 lot closer to Jeffrey Epstein than he let on, and 277 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:38,160 it's gross that he's still the Commerce secretary in this country. 278 00:17:38,519 --> 00:17:40,599 I mean, just look over in the UK. I mean, 279 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:44,599 not only was Prince Andrew arrested, but Peter Mandelsson just 280 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:47,559 got arrested today as well. Meanwhile, here in America, we 281 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:50,119 can't even get rid of Howard Lutnik. And if you 282 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:54,119 were wondering why the administration was so worried about these 283 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:56,880 files coming out and why they were doing everything in 284 00:17:56,920 --> 00:17:59,559 their power to make sure that didn't occur, well now 285 00:17:59,599 --> 00:18:02,200 you know. And if they let this stuff out and 286 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:05,119 it's this embarrassing, I can only imagine what else they 287 00:18:05,119 --> 00:18:07,960 have that they don't want you to see. So that's 288 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:11,400 why it's important that we keep demanding that the federal government, 289 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:14,839 the DOJ does as the law commands it to do, 290 00:18:15,359 --> 00:18:18,440 because I have a funny feeling that Howard Lutnik isn't 291 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:22,240 the only one that hasn't been honest with us about 292 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:27,759 their relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. All right, folks, that's going 293 00:18:27,799 --> 00:18:29,839 to do it for this one. All of the information 294 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:32,720 that goes with this episode can be found in the 295 00:18:32,759 --> 00:18:33,640 description box.