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Jeffrey Epstein, Howard Lutnick, and the disgraced former prince

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In an exclusive investigation, a whistleblower has told the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ how he unearthed evidence suggesting that US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick failed to disclose a business relationship with the paedophile financier, Jeffrey Epstein.

Simon Andriesz was a trader at one of Lutnick’s Wall Street firms, but it wasn’t until the Epstein files were released earlier this year that he says he confirmed a longstanding suspicion that his boss was misrepresenting his relationship with Epstein.

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ financial investigations correspondent Andy Verity joins us to unpack the new investigation.

Listen to Andy’s full report on File on 4 Investigates: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002yx47

Read more about Andy’s investigation: www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9q28dlyxrzo

Producers: Sam Chantarasak and Xandra Ellin

Executive producer: James Shield

Mix: Travis Evans

Digital producer: Tom Bage

Senior news editor: China Collins

Photo: US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sits to testify before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing to examine a review of broadband deployment funding at the Department of Commerce, February 10, 2026. Credit: Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters.

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