{"id":479284,"date":"2026-02-20T05:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T05:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/479284\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T05:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T05:26:08","slug":"andrew-mountbatten-windsors-arrest-prompts-calls-for-justice-in-the-us-us-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/479284\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s arrest prompts calls for justice in the US | US news"},"content":{"rendered":"

The arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor <\/a>on suspicion of misconduct in public office in the UK has prompted calls from US lawmakers and survivors of Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s abuse to demand accountability for those linked to the late sex offender across the Atlantic.<\/p>\n

Mountbatten-Windsor, 66, was detained on Thursday in connection with his conduct as a UK trade envoy and after disclosures of emails linked to Epstein, the disgraced banker and convicted sex offender. He was released under investigation on Thursday evening after police questioned him in relation to allegations he shared confidential material with Epstein. Mountbatten-Windsor has consistently denied any wrongdoing related to Epstein, and Thursday\u2019s arrest is not related to any allegation of sexual misconduct.<\/p>\n

Responding<\/a> to the arrest, Skye Roberts, the brother of the late Virginia Giuffre \u2013 who alleged she was trafficked to the UK in 2001 at age 17 to have sex with Mountbatten-Windsor, an allegation he has repeatedly and strongly denied \u2013 said:\u201cThe reality is the UK is doing far more. I think that the king can hold his head high when he comes here saying: \u2018I am doing the most that I can \u2026\u2019 While here in the United States, our president has yet to even do even remotely the same. And survivors and the people are very disappointed in that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, US president Donald Trump described Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s arrest as \u201ca shame\u201d and \u201cvery sad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking on Air Force One, Trump said: \u201cI\u2019m the expert in a way because I\u2019ve been totally exonerated so I can speak about it \u2026 I think it\u2019s a shame. I think it\u2019s very sad. I think it\u2019s so bad for the royal family. It\u2019s very, very sad. To me, it\u2019s a very sad thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Kentucky\u2019s Republican representative Thomas Massie \u2013 who co-sponsored legislation with California\u2019s Democratic representative Ro Khanna to compel the justice department to release millions of files related to Epstein \u2013 called for action in the US.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrince Andrew was just arrested. This was the metric I established for success of the Epstein Files Transparency Act that @RepRoKhanna and I got passed,\u201d Massie wrote<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n

He went on to urge US attorney general Pam Bondi and FBI director Kash Patel \u201cto act\u201d, adding: \u201cNow we need JUSTICE in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robert Garcia, the ranking member of the House of Representatives\u2019 oversight committee, issued a similar statement, saying:<\/a> \u201cAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s arrest is an enormous step forward in our fight to secure justice for the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s horrific crimes \u2026 Now it\u2019s the time for the United States to end this White House cover up. President Trump and his Epstein administration are not above the law.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lawmakers have asked Mountbatten-Windsor to come to the US to testify about his ties to Epstein.<\/p>\n

Like Garcia, Suhas Subramanyam, another Democratic member of the House oversight committee, said on X: \u201cOur investigation on the Oversight Committee led to real accountability of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in the UK. Now, we need that justice and accountability here in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a separate interview on MS Now, Subramanyam added<\/a>: \u201cI\u2019m so glad that this happened and there needs to be more of it. And frankly, it\u2019s happening in Europe but it\u2019s not happening enough in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n

New Mexico\u2019s Democratic representative Melanie Stansbury echoed similar sentiments, saying:<\/a> \u201cToday former Prince Andrew was arrested for [alleged] crimes associated with Epstein. The first royal arrested since the English Civil War in 1647. Think about that. And yet, here in the United States, the President and DOJ are engaged in a cover-up, refusing to investigate crimes that have been buried for decades. It\u2019s time to prosecute!\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Nancy Mace, a Republican representative of South Carolina, said:<\/a> \u201cWe were the FIRST to call for Prince Andrew\u2019s arrest MONTHS ago. And today, justice caught up. Because of four Republicans who refused to flinch, refused to fold, and forced the Epstein files into the light, the powerful had nowhere left to hide.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cToday sends a clear message: no one is above the law.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to<\/a> recently released documents by the justice department, Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s name had been on US law enforcement radar for 15 years before his arrest.<\/p>\n

One survivor, Maria Farmer, who was the first known survivor to report Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell \u2013 later convicted of sex trafficking \u2013 said:<\/a> \u201cToday is just the beginning of accountability and justice brought forth by Virginia Roberts Giuffre \u2013 a young mother who adored her daughter so deeply, she fought the most powerful on earth to protect her \u2026 Let\u2019s now demand all the dominos of power and corruption begin to fall.\u201d<\/p>\n

Similarly, Marijke Chartouni, another survivor, said:<\/a> \u201cIf only the US Justice Department acted as decisively. It took British police less than three weeks from the release of the latest tranche of Epstein files to arrest Andrew, making Pam Bondi and Kash Patel look increasingly inept.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on suspicion of misconduct in public office in the UK has prompted calls…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-479284","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-united-states-of-america","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","14":"tag-us","15":"tag-usa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}