{"id":67539,"date":"2026-02-27T02:06:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T02:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/this-photo-of-lutnick-on-epsteins-island-was-removed-from-justice-department-files\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T02:06:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T02:06:59","slug":"this-photo-of-lutnick-on-epsteins-island-was-removed-from-justice-department-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/this-photo-of-lutnick-on-epsteins-island-was-removed-from-justice-department-files\/","title":{"rendered":"This photo of Lutnick on Epstein&#8217;s island was removed from Justice Department files"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A photo released last month by the Justice Department as part of the Epstein files that showed Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Epstein&#8217;s island in the Caribbean has been removed from the Justice Department&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n<p>The photo, which has been authenticated by CBS News, shows Epstein, Lutnick, and three other men standing over an oceanside cliff.<\/p>\n<p>The Internet Archive&#8217;s Wayback Machine, a nonprofit that preserves digital online content,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260131143511\/https:\/www.justice.gov\/epstein\/files\/DataSet%209\/EFTA01230639.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">downloaded the photo<\/a> from the DOJ&#8217;s website on Jan. 31. It was also archived<a href=\"https:\/\/jmail.world\/drive\/vol00009-efta01230639-pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> by Jmail<\/a>, a web interface that was created to archive Epstein content.<\/p>\n<p>The photo was released under<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/epstein\/files\/DataSet%209\/EFTA01230639.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> file No. EFTA01230639<\/a> on the DOJ&#8217;s website, which now points to a &#8220;Page not found.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CBS News has reached out to the Commerce Department and the DOJ for comment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/27\/8a232d1c-bb56-4402-8e5a-63e07abd7db2\/thumbnail\/620x475\/70a1d065c97ad6a09f5cf25c62dc0eea\/efta01230639.jpg#\" alt=\"Jeffrey Epstein and Howard Lutnick \" height=\"475\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/27\/8a232d1c-bb56-4402-8e5a-63e07abd7db2\/thumbnail\/620x475\/70a1d065c97ad6a09f5cf25c62dc0eea\/efta01230639.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/27\/8a232d1c-bb56-4402-8e5a-63e07abd7db2\/thumbnail\/1240x950\/cb16cae65b2ce845f14e76b08aa66f93\/efta01230639.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">An undated photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Howard Lutnick (in blue shirt) on Epstein&#8217;s island, obtained from an archived version of the Justice Department&#8217;s Epstein files after it was removed from the DOJ site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                U.S. Department of Justice \/ Internet Archive<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Emails that were in the millions of newly released Epstein files showed that in 2012, Lutnick, his wife and their four children planned a visit to Little St. James, a private island where Epstein had an estate.<\/p>\n<p>Lutnick was invited for lunch on Dec. 24, 2012, and later, Epstein&#8217;s assistant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/epstein\/files\/DataSet%209\/EFTA00398745.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wrote<\/a> on behalf of Epstein, &#8220;it was nice seeing you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lutnick,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/howard-lutnick-jeffrey-epstein-island-visit\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">testifying before<\/a><\/span> a congressional committee earlier this month, acknowledged visiting there with his family.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We had lunch on the island, that is true, for an hour,&#8221; Lutnick told lawmakers. &#8220;Then we left with all of my children, with my nannies and my wife all together. We were on family vacation. We were not apart. To suggest there was anything untoward about that in 2012, I don&#8217;t recall why we did it. But we did.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lutnick has not been accused of any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein, and in the hearing said he had &#8220;nothing to hide \u2014 absolutely nothing.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, Lutnick has faced criticism for his ties to Epstein, though, who was his neighbor in New York City. Lutnick had previously claimed to have cut off contact with Epstein in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>However, documents in the Epstein files\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/howard-lutnick-jeffrey-epstein-in-business-together\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">showed the two were in business together<\/a><\/span> as recently as 2014 over their shared dealings in a now-shuttered advertising company called Adfin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Epstein files <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/epstein\/files\/DataSet%209\/EFTA01050772.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">showed<\/a> that the two communicated about Adfin as late as 2018, with Epstein writing to Lutnick, &#8220;on another note what do you think the prospects for adfin are??&#8221; \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Also in 2018, Lutnick <a href=\"http:\/\/efta00474452.pdf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">emailed<\/a> Epstein to apparently complain about an expansion plan for the Frick Collection art museum near their homes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lutnick warned Epstein that the renovation might &#8220;block your sunlight and views.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You should put in a letter. I&#8217;m sending a lawyer. Don&#8217;t ignore this,&#8221; Lutnick wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Epstein <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/epstein-files-jail-cell-death-video-logs\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">died in jail in 2019<\/a><\/span> after his arrest on federal charges of sex trafficking. 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