"I want to start with what must have been a very tough day in the White House, because typically every morning at the White House, at least the ones I've worked in, there is a senior staff meeting in the chief of staff's office to discuss everything from the president's schedule to the news of the day, to any tricky problems they`re going to have to navigate."
"I mean, those daily meetings often include the White House communications director, the press secretary, cabinet members and the heads of different agencies, depending really on whatever issues that day are most pressing. And judging from today's news, this morning, must have been, well, one hell of a meeting."
"HOWARD LUTNICK, COMMERCE SECRETARY: That's what his M.O. was, you know, get a massage. Get a massage. And what happened in that massage room, I assume was on video."
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick gave a podcast interview in which he referenced Jeffrey Epstein, described Epstein's alleged modus operandi, and speculated that encounters may have been recorded on video. MSNBC host Jen Psaki said the remarks likely produced a fraught senior staff meeting at the White House and listed typical participants in such meetings, including the communications director, the press secretary, cabinet members, and agency heads. Psaki characterized Lutnick's interview as reviving a sensitive and unwelcome story for the White House, noting the interview was with The New York Post's podcast and included graphic speculation about Epstein's massage room.
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