Howard Lutnick, Trump’s Commerce Secretary, handed $5 million to House Republicans on April 1—then testified about his connections to Jeffrey Epstein just three weeks later. The timing screams influence-peddling: pay off the very legislators who’ll question you about a convicted sex trafficker. This is exactly the “swamp” Trump promised to drain.

Source: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5892633-lutnick-political-donation-house-gop