Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are calling on Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, the former prince, to testify about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The BBC cited four Democrats on the committee, which is probing the Epstein case, requesting the former prince’s testimony.
“I would like for him to come to our committee and tell us everything he knows about Jeffrey Epstein and the crimes that were committed,” Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Va.) said on the BBC radio show “Today” in an interview that aired Saturday.
“I think this would be a great way for Andrew to clear his name. It would be a great way for us to continue our pursuit of justice for the victims,” he added.
The BBC also quoted Democratic Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi (Ill.) and Stephen Lynch (Mass.). Krishnamoorthi said he’d be willing to subpoena the ex-prince, though he admitted it would be difficult to enforce.
Andrew has faced intense scrutiny in the U.K. over his relationship with Epstein, fueled most recently by renewed sexual abuse allegations by one of Epstein’s victims, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, whose posthumous memoir hit bookstores last week.
King Charles III last week stripped his brother of his remaining titles and evicted him from his royal residence, announcing he will be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and not as a prince.
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), another House Oversight Committee member, warned Thursday that Andrew would face justice.
“Thanks to the courageous survivors of Epstein’s abuse, justice is coming to Andrew,” Khanna said previously on the social platform X.
“If you abused children alongside Epstein, you will face justice. That is what @RepThomasMassie and I are fighting for. We will not rest,” he added, referring to his Republican colleague from Kentucky.
In recent months, the Trump administration has stoked anger within the president’s MAGA base over its handling of files related to Epstein, who was once close with the president. A handful of Republicans have joined Democrats in a push to release the files.
Early last month, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) denied that his holdup in swearing in Democratic Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (Ariz.) was connected to her impending, decisive signature on a petition for a House vote on releasing the files.
“It has nothing to do with that at all. We will swear her in when everybody gets back,” Johnson said in a previous press conference.
The Hill has reached out to the U.K. royal family for comment.
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