Vice President JD Vance responded to calls for Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to resign by observing that powerful people were guilty of "disgusting behavior" related to their relationships with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
After Lutnick admitted that he dined with Epstein on his island, Vance took a question about the commerce secretary before departing from Azerbaijan on Wednesday.
"Sir, Howard Lutnick is facing some calls to resign over his appearance in the Epstein files," one reporter told Vance. "There are some contradictions about his previous claims in the new files."
"I haven't seen Howard getting calls to resign," the vice president replied, noting that he had been overseas. "We'll follow the story a little bit closely, more closely as I get on the plane."
"But, you know, fundamentally, I think the Epstein files, what they reveal is certainly you had a lot of very wealthy and powerful people who are involved in some very disgusting behavior," he continued. "But I do find it's interesting that the congressional Democrats are so focused on attacking the President of the United States."
"Who's the president who actually authorized the release of these files? It was Donald Trump."