Jeffrey Epstein, Howard Lutnick, and the disgraced former prince
7/19/202628 min
In an exclusive investigation, a whistleblower has told the BBC 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.
BBC financial investigations correspondent Andy Verity joins us to unpack the new investigation.
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First 90 secondsTristan Redmond· Host0:00
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Tristan Redmond· Host1:11
[instrumental music] Hi there, it's Tristan Redmond, one of the hosts of the Global Story podcast from the BBC, and as a bonus for your feed, we're bringing you one of our best episodes of the week. Months on from the release of the Epstein files, it turns out there were still more revelations