Johnson on calls for Lutnick to resign over Epstein ties: 'Absurd'

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday said calls for Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to resign over being named in the Epstein files were “absurd.” “It’s absurd. Howard Lutnick is a great Commerce Secretary. He’s done an extraordinary job for the country,” Johnson told CNN’s Manu Raju. Democrats on the Hill have grown increasingly impatient over…