# Epstein Scandal Roars Back on Capitol Hill

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Podcast: [The Beat with Ari Melber](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beat-with-ari-melber-743451)
Published: 2026-05-07T15:44:57+00:00
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## Resource

Congress grilled Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on the Epstein files, in which he is named over 200 times. MS NOW’s Ari Melber reports and is joined by Nancy Erika Smith, Emily Bazelon, Ruth Ben-Ghiat and Jason Johnson.

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