Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest prompts calls for justice in the US | US news
The arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in the United Kingdom on suspicion of misconduct in public office has sparked calls from US lawmakers and survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse to demand accountability for those linked to the sex offender across the Atlantic.
Mountbatten-Windsor, 66, was detained on Thursday in connection with his conduct as a UK trade envoy and following the disclosure of emails linked to disgraced banker and convicted sex offender Epstein. He was released under investigation Thursday evening after police questioned him about allegations he shared confidential material with Epstein. Mountbatten-Windsor has consistently denied any wrongdoing involving Epstein, and Thursday’s arrest is unrelated to any allegations of sexual abuse.
Replying to During the arrest, Skye Roberts, the sister of the late Virginia Giuffre (who claims she was trafficked to England to have sex with Mountbatten-Windsor in 2001 when she was 17), said: “The truth is the UK is doing so much more. I think when the king comes here he can hold his head up and say: ‘I’m doing the best I can…’ While we’re here in the US, our president hasn’t even done that yet. They’re doing even remotely the same, and survivors and people are very disappointed by that.” “He’s stopping by.”
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump called Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest “shameful” and “very sad.”
Speaking on Air Force One, Trump said: “I’m sort of an expert because I’ve been completely cleared, so I can talk about it… I think it’s a shame. I think it’s a very sad thing. I think it’s very bad for the royal family. It’s very, very sad. To me, it’s a very sad thing.”
On Thursday, Republican representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky, who along with California’s Democratic representative Ro Khanna sponsored legislation forcing the justice department to release millions of files related to Epstein, called for action in the United States.
“Prince Andrew was recently arrested. This was the benchmark I established for the success of the Epstein Files Transparency Act that @RepRoKhanna and I passed,” Massie wrote. wrote In X.
He went on to call on US attorney general Pam Bondi and FBI director Kash Patel to “take action”, adding: “We need JUSTICE in the USA now.”
Robert Garcia, ranking member of the House oversight committee, made a similar statement: says: “The arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is a tremendous step forward in our fight to achieve justice for the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s horrific crimes… Now is the time for the United States to end this cover-up at the White House. President Trump and the Epstein administration are not above the law.”
MPs asked Mountbatten-Windsor to come to the US to testify about her ties to Epstein.
Like Garcia, Suhas Subramanyam, another Democratic member of the House oversight committee, said of X: “Our investigation of the Oversight Committee led to real accountability for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in the United Kingdom. Now we need that justice and accountability here in the United States.”
Subramanyam in a separate interview on MS Now added: “I’m so glad this is happening, and there needs to be more of it. Obviously it’s happening in Europe, but it’s not happening enough in the United States.”
Democratic representative Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico echoed similar sentiments: says: “Former Prince Andrew was arrested today [alleged] Crimes linked to Epstein. The first royal family member to be arrested since the English Civil War in 1647. Think about this. And yet here in the United States, the President and the Department of Justice are engaged in a cover-up by refusing to investigate crimes that have been hidden for decades. Now is the time to file a lawsuit!”
Meanwhile, South Carolina’s Republican representative, Nancy Mace, in question: “We were the FIRST to call for Prince Andrew’s arrest, months ago. And today, justice has prevailed. With four Republicans refusing to stand down, refusing to fold, and forcing the Epstein files to come to light, the powerful have nowhere to hide.”
He added: “Today sends a clear message: No one is above the law.”
According to documents recently released by the Justice Department, Mountbatten-Windsor’s name was on the radar of U.S. law enforcement for 15 years before her arrest.
One of the survivors is Maria Farmer, who was the first survivor to report Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell (she was later convicted of sex trafficking). in question: “Today is just the beginning of accountability and justice laid out by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, a young mother who adored her daughter so deeply that she fought the most powerful person in the world to protect her… Now let’s demand that all the dominoes of power and corruption begin to fall.”
Similarly, another survivor, Marijke Chartouni, in question: “I wish the US Department of Justice had acted so decisively. It took British police less than three weeks to arrest Andrew after the latest installment of the Epstein files was published, leaving Pam Bondi and Kash Patel looking increasingly incompetent.”
