Lutnick 'visibly upset' after being asked if 'creepy' Epstein mask resembled him: report
A Trump Cabinet member reportedly became upset when he was asked why he looks like one of the creepy masks found in the home of disgraced financier and sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein.
"In closed door interview today, Howard Lutnick was asked about the infamous creepy mask room in Jeffrey Epstein's house," wrote congressional reporter Stephen Neukam, citing a source familiar with the interview, in an X post on Wednesday.
The questions about the mask came as new details emerged about Lutnick's ties to Epstein during a closed-door hearing with the House Oversight Committee.
The mask room was featured in a photo that was included in the trove of documents released by a congressional committee in December. It's located in Epstein's house on his private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and contains about a dozen masks hanging on a wall around a dentist's chair, Hyperallergic reported in December, noting at the time that "none" of the masks were "immediately recognizable."
One of the masks does strike a clear resemblance to Lutnick, though, based on a photo of the room that was passed out as an exhibit. It has his small beard and bald head, and the eyes, brows, and nose also seem to match Lutnick's features.
"Lutnick was asked specifically whether one of the faces (particularly the one with the beard) was his face," Neukam wrote. "Lutnick, the source said, was visibly upset by the question. He said he didn't have a beard until after Epstein died."