Democrats have summoned Andrew Mountbatten Windsor to the U.S. Congress to reply questions as a part of an investigation into convicted intercourse offender and former New York Metropolis financier, Jeffrey Epstein.
In a letter to the previous prince, 16 members of the Home Oversight Committee requested that the disgraced royal attend an interview in an effort to assist it “uncover the identities of Mr Epstein’s co-conspirators and enablers, and to grasp the complete extent of his prison operations.”
As Andrew will not be a U.S. citizen, Congress doesn’t have the ability to subpoena him for questioning.
Andrew was lately stripped of his titles by his brother, King Charles III, and ordered to vacate his house on the Royal Lodge close to Windsor Fortress in southern England because of his controversial ties to the late Epstein. The previous royal has persistently denied the accusations in opposition to him.
The announcement from Buckingham Palace got here weeks after Andrew had stated he was giving up the usage of the titles, together with the Duke of York title given to him by his mom, the late Queen Elizabeth II.
Congress’ letter referenced Andrew’s well-known ties to Epstein and his supposed encounter with Virginia Giuffre, whose lately printed posthumous memoir forged renewed consideration on intimate particulars of her alleged expertise with Andrew when she was simply 17 years outdated.
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Giuffre died by suicide in April on the age of 41.
“Effectively-documented allegations in opposition to you, alongside along with your long-standing friendship with Mr. Epstein, point out that you could be possess data of his actions related to our investigation,” the letter reads.
“Within the curiosity of justice for the victims of Jeffrey Epstein, we request that you just cooperate with the Committee’s investigation by sitting for a transcribed interview with the Committee.”
It went on to reference numerous “publicly reported” journeys with Epstein to his New York residence, the Queen’s residence at Balmoral and to Epstein’s non-public island within the U.S. Virgin Islands, the place Andrew has been accused of abusing minors, in addition to a number of flight logs inserting Andrew on Epstein’s aircraft between 1999 and 2006, “whereas his prison actions have been ongoing.”
“This shut relationship with Mr. Epstein, coupled with the lately revealed 2011 e-mail change wherein you wrote to him, ‘we’re on this collectively,’ additional confirms our suspicion that you will have useful details about the crimes dedicated by Mr. Epstein and his co-conspirators,” the correspondence continues.
A photograph displaying then-Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre.
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In response to the BBC, U.Ok. Prime Minister Keir Starmer stated it was as much as Andrew to think about the request.
“My view, and this isn’t concerning the particular person case, extra broadly, is that anyone who has related data ought to at all times be prepared to provide it to no matter inquiries want that data,” he stated.
“However the person determination is a matter for him.”
Anybody who agrees to provide testimony in Congress should swear underneath oath to inform the reality, Spencer Kuvin, a lawyer who has represented quite a few Epstein accusers, instructed BBC Radio 4’s At this time program, including that he didn’t suppose Andrew would “put himself in danger” by agreeing to the interview.
Andrew has till Nov. 20 to reply to the request.
— With information from Reuters
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