Anytime, any place, anywhere.
The American politicians who want to speak to Andrew Mountbatten Windsor about Jeffrey Epstein say his arrest reinforces their case to have him called before them.
They’ll make it work, whatever and wherever it takes them.
“He can testify remotely, he can testify in person – and in the UK,” US Representative Suhas Subramanyam told me.
The Democratic member of the House Oversight Committee is prepared to travel to Britain to hear testimony from Andrew.
“We are going to New York to meet with the Clintons, we just came from Ohio to meet with Les Wexner,” said Rep Subramanyam. “And the entire committee doesn’t have to come.
“It can be certain members who are interested in that particular witness, but we are very flexible when it comes to hearing testimony from people who have knowledge of what happened with Epstein and Maxwell, and the cover up as well. He clearly has knowledge.”
As a foreign national, Andrew can’t be subpoenaed to give evidence. He has ignored all requests to testify.
He also denies any wrongdoing.
But committee members believe he has questions to answer over and above the interests of Thames Valley Police.
Rep Subramanyam told me: “I want to still hear from him. The door is still open. We will do it on his terms, and engage on his terms. I just want to make sure he tells the truth to us, because he’s not been truthful so far.”
Americans ‘want to see justice’
The arrest of Andrew further accentuates the difference in impact of the scandal in the US compared to other countries.
In the UK, the former prince and Peter Mandelson are casualties of the Epstein affair. In turn, it has weakened Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, whose chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, has quit.
In the US, outside of the private sector, there has been little to no consequence for individuals named in the Epstein files.
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Rep Subramanyam said: “The people who’ve gotten the least amount of consequences are people in the Trump administration who keep coming up in the files.
“I think the American public and the world public want to see accountability and justice, not just for the victims, but they want to see the system work.
“And so that’s what this is really about. Is about making sure that governments aren’t covering up for rich and powerful people and that they’re being held accountable for these heinous crimes.”
