'We need to speak to him': Trump ally faces call to testify over stunning Epstein claim
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, said on Wednesday that his committee is going to ask one of President Donald Trump's cabinet officials to testify under oath after hearing a recent theory about the Jeffrey Epstein files.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Wednesday that federal prosecutors struck a deal with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein after he turned over compromising videos of his rich and powerful clients.
"Whatever happened in that massage room, I assume, is on video," Lutnick said. "This guy was the greatest blackmailer ever."
Garcia joined CNN's Erin Burnett on her show, "OutFront," and responded to Lutnick's theory.
"We need to speak to him, the entire oversight committee," Garcia said. "We're very interested in understanding what exactly he knows, where those theories come from, and anyone, particularly if you're in the Trump administration and you are saying those comments so freely, you have to have additional information so you can believe that we're going to follow up."
Garcia added that Democrats have tried to force the administration to release the Epstein files, as Trump promised to do during the campaign trail.