The release of bombshell documents regarding the U.S. Department of Justice’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein has revealed U.S. authorities’ efforts to find out exactly what Andrew Mountbatten Windsor knew about his late convicted pedophile pal’s criminal activities.
“The investigation to date has revealed that Prince Andrew may have been a witness to and/or participant in certain events of relevance to the ongoing investigation,” reads one document, according to a Tuesday, December 23, report by The Sun.
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U.S. authorities wanted the former royal, 65, to hand over “all communication, including email, text, recorded or transcribed voicemail, between him and Epstein and any other written correspondence or notes of oral communications,” The Sun reported.
Their efforts to interview Andrew are also detailed, including their invocation of the 1994 Treaty of Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters between the U.S. and U.K. — which allows for the countries to share testimony, evidence, search and seizure requests and more — the outlet noted.
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The documents reveal they demanded the “investigative interview” with King Charles III’s brother be videotaped and recorded in the presence of the FBI, the district attorney, and a detective from the NYPD.
“US authorities further request that the witness be cautioned in the event of a voluntary interview that if he were to provide false information to authorities,” one document adds, per the outlet, “he could be prosecuted for perverting the course of justice in the U.K., and he may be prosecuted for making a false statement in the U.S.”
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They even provided the following list of questions, but asked that Andrew not be notified of them in advance, The Sun reported:
1. The history and nature of Prince Andrew’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
2. The history and nature of Prince Andrew’s relationship with Ghislaine Maxwell.
3. The details regarding any trips Prince Andrew took with and/or to visit Maxwell and/or Epstein.
4. The details regarding any trips Maxwell and/or Epstein took to visit Prince Andrew.
5. The details regarding any payments Prince Andrew made to or received from Maxwell, Epstein, or any female associated with Maxwell and/or Epstein.
6. The names and identifying features of any females Prince Andrew met through Epstein and/or Maxwell.
7. The details of any conversations Prince Andrew participated in or witnessed during which anyone discussed Epstein’s sexual preferences, practices or history; Maxwell’s sexual preferences, practices, or history; and/or Maxwell’s role assisting Epstein or other men in locating females with whom to engage in sexual activity.
8. Communications, including email correspondence, between Prince Andrew and Maxwell regarding Maxwell’s attempts to introduce Prince Andrew to females.
9. Any knowledge Prince Andrew had or may have had of inappropriate relationships, including improper or unlawful sexual contact, involving Epstein and/or his associates with any minor.
10. Prince Andrew’s involvement, if any, in any sexual contact and/or relationship with any person Prince Andrew met through or with Epstein and/or Maxwell.
Andrew’s lawyers insisted in a 2020 statement to ABC News and other outlets that he “has on at least three occasions this year offered his assistance as a witness to the DOJ.”
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In response, the U.S. Attorney’s office in New York issued a statement saying that “the prince has not given an interview to federal authorities and has repeatedly declined our request to schedule such an interview.”
In November, he ignored a request by members of the U.S. Democratic Party to be interviewed in Congress, London’s The Times newspaper reported.
Andrew has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. However, he was stripped of his titles earlier this year amid reports of his connection to Epstein and allegations of assault from late sex trafficking victim Virginia Giuffre.