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members of We Congress has written to Andrew Mountbatten Windsor He is being sought for an interview regarding his “long-standing friendship” with a pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein,
CCommittee on Oversight and Government Reformwhich is investigating the late financier’s “sex trafficking operations” and We The government’s handling of the case said it had “identified financial records that include notations such as ‘Massage for Andrew’ that raise serious questions”.
In her letter to Andrew, she cited “well-documented allegations” involving the former prince and the accuser virginia giuffreAnd a recently revealed 2011 email exchange in which Andrew told her, “We’re in this together”.
The committee said it “confirms our suspicion that you may have valuable information about crimes committed by Mr. Epstein and his co-conspirators”, and asked for a response by November 20.
It follows new allegations against the former prince in Ms Giuffre’s posthumous memoir. He the allegation is Andrew had sex with her three times during her trafficking by Epstein. He strongly denies the claims.
The letter is signed by 16 members Congress And addressed to the Royal Lodge at Windsor, writing: “The committee is seeking to uncover the identities of Mr. Epstein’s co-conspirators and supporters and understand the full extent of his criminal actions.
“The well-documented allegations against you, as well as your long-term friendship with Mr. Epstein, indicate that you may have knowledge of his activities related to our investigation.
“In the interest of justice for the victims Jeffrey EpsteinWe request that you cooperate with the Committee’s investigation by sitting for a written interview with the Committee.
The request is not a subpoena that would compel Andrew to testify, but a request made on behalf of committee members.
It comes after the former Duke of York were formally stripped of their titles On Thursday by his brother King Charles. Last week, Buckingham Palace announced that Andrew would be evicted from his home at Royal Lodge and stripped of his HRH and Prince titles.
Committee members had previously asked Andrew to come forward and answer questions on his friendship with Epstein in the US. Last week, the BBC reported that at least four Democrats had called for Andrews to testify again, with some even suggesting he could do so over video link and in the presence of a lawyer.
Spencer Cuvin, a lawyer who represents some of Epstein’s victims, also called Andrew to testify.
He told BBC News: “We need to hear his story and hear what he’s saying about what happened, but he can also testify about other potential co-conspirators that he saw who were present at the mansion here in the States who were carrying out inappropriate activities.
“So on both fronts, both on behalf of other victims, but potentially on behalf of himself, we would like Andrew to come here and testify.”
Britain’s Trade Minister Chris Bryant also previously told the BBC that he believed Andrew should go to the US to answer questions about Epstein.
He said, “I think like any normal member of the public, if there were requests like this from another jurisdiction, I would expect any decent-minded person to comply with that request.” “So I feel exactly the same way in this situation.
“What I’m basically saying is that I think if Andrew was asked to do something by a Senate committee, I would have thought he would want to comply.”