WATCH: Lawmakers may question Lutnick on Epstein ties, Comer says

Politics

Outside the House Oversight Committee's deposition for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Rep. James Comer told reporters that it's "very possible" that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is called to testify in the House investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

Watch Comer's full news conference in the video plater above.

Comer is seeking to cast the investigation as a bipartisan effort that is also willing to question Republicans.

WATCH: Lutnick downplays relationship with Epstein during Senate testimony

Lutnick was Epstein's neighbor in New York City. He had previously claimed that he cut all ties with Epstein after 2005, but the release of case files on Epstein showed that they had several interactions in the years after that.

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