China News Service, June 10, according to comprehensive foreign media reports, the US Department of Justice has always hoped to discuss the relationship between Prince Andrew of the United Kingdom in the case of sexual assault involving the rich American Epstein. However, the US side stated that Prince Andrew "does not cooperate". On June 8, due to their own opinions on the progress of the case, the two sides fell into a fierce "slobber war."
The picture shows Prince Andrew (left) and Prince Charles.
According to reports, Prince Andrew’s attorney Blackford issued a two-page statement on the 8th, slamming the US prosecutor, blaming it for “misleading the public” and violating the principle of confidentiality. The statement said that the United States Department of Justice rejected Prince Andrew’s initiative to collaborate at least three times this year, adding that he “recently expressed his willingness to provide testimony.”
Later on the 8th, US prosecutor Berman responded to a statement issued by Andrew. He said that the Andrew team’s rhetoric was nothing more than an attempt to disguise as the image of “eager to cooperate with the investigation”. In fact, the prince repeatedly refused the US judicial department’s invitation to interview. This impasse has never happened in the past 4 months. Variety.
The statement also added that if Prince Andrew really intends to cooperate with the US federal judicial investigation, "our door is always open to him."
The report said that Buckingham Palace and the British Home Office did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
On the 8th, the US Attorney General William Barr also said that the reason the prosecutor targeted Prince Andrew was because he could provide evidence for the ongoing Epstein investigation, but there was no plan to extradite him.
All along, Prince Andrew's close relationship with the US sexually assaulted rich Epstein has been questioned. Due to public pressure, he announced his retirement from the royal family in November 2019. Epstein, an American financier, died in August 2019 during the investigation and trial of his allegations of sex trafficking.