New Delhi, March 4 -- The Commerce Secretary in the Donald Trump administration, Howard Lutnick, is set to testify before the the House Oversight Committee over his ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, the panel's chairman said. Howard Lutnick's decision to agree to testify in teh Epstein case has come days after multiple media reports shared an image of Epstein and Lutnick on Epstein's island, claiming that the Department of Justice had redacted the said image from the website, prompting calls for him to join the testimony.

In a statement, Howard Lutnick said, "I look forward to appearing before the committee. I have done nothing wrong and I want to set the record straight."

Reacting to his upcoming testimony, Representative Ja...