Former Prince Andrew was just arrested by police in the UK over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

Meanwhile, in the US, a few people have resigned, I guess, although really not anybody in the Trump administration. Not even Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnik, despite his blatant lies about visiting Epstein's island. And the whole thing just seems to be the latest example of the US proving itself uniquely unable to hold almost anyone who associated with Epstein even remotely accountable. But we've got to start with this news that's rocking the UK today because it started this morning when police issued a statement that they had arrested a man in his 60s from Norfolk on suspicion of misconduct in public office. While they didn't specifically name Andrew because its policy under British law to not name a suspect taken into custody, the details in the statement match what's known about the allegations against him and police were seen at the same time at his state where Andrew's living. Right, and then you had Andrew's brother, King Charles, confirming the arrest in a statement and adding, what now follows is the full, fair, and proper process by which this issue is investigated in the appropriate manner and by the appropriate authorities. In this, as I have said before, they have our full and wholehearted support and cooperation. Let me state clearly, the law must take its course. And you had a spokesperson for Charles saying that Buckingham Palace hadn't actually been told about the arrest before it took place. But whatever the case, right, it has been a long road to get to this point. Andrew's links to Epstein, they have been known for years. Virginia Joufrey, probably the most well-known Epstein survivor, first publicly accused Andrew of sexual abuse and court filings way back in 2014. But she said she had been trafficked by Epstein to Andrew sometime around 2001 when she was a teenager and that he raped her multiple times, though Andrew denied any wrongdoing. And it wasn't really until 2019 after Epstein was arrested and lawyers for victims called on Andrew to speak to investigators that he started to take a step back from public life. Then in 2021, Jufre sued Andrew in the U.S.

District Court for the Southern District of New York. Andrew then paid roughly $16 million, according to reports, to settle the lawsuit in 2022, without admitting to any allegations against him, and again, denying any wrongdoing. And then, it was only last year about six months after Jufre took her own life that the king finally stripped Andrew of his royal titles and evicted him from his royal residence.

With Andrew then moving into the massive estate that I mentioned,

which is actually privately owned by Charles. But now with the news today, after all this time, there is a chance that he might actually face some real consequences. Though also, to be very clear here, he hasn't actually been arrested in connection to allegations of sexual assault or trafficking. He's believed to have been arrested based on suspicions that he shared confidential information with Jeffrey Epstein while serving as British trade envoy. And that was actually only exposed thanks to the files released by the DOJ on January 30th. Those files that you might remember included photos of Andrew kneeling over and touching an unknown woman or a girl lying on the floor, which brought to mind the accusations that you phrase made against him. And understandably, while most of the attention was there, they also included several emails suggesting that he may have broken the law in this other way. So in one email, he appears to have forwarded internal reports about an official trip to Asia. And another, he seems to have sent a confidential brief given to him in his official capacity with information on investment opportunities in gold and uranium in Afghanistan. And the potential criminal charges facing is misconduct in public office, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.

There was also a very big thing here is you've had legal experts warn that this charge is very difficult to prosecute because the narrow definition of the crime. things like a London-based lawyer telling the New York Times. The authorities will be looking to

prove that Andrew was a public officer acting as such at the time of the allegations and that he

willfully neglected to perform his duty to such a degree as to amount to an abuse of the public's trust in him as the officeholder and that he did so without reasonable excuse or justification. Now, with all that said, you still have the family of Virginia Jafray welcoming the news of Andrew's arrest saying in a statement, at last today our broken hearts have been lifted at the news that no one is above the law, not even royalty, saying he was never a prince. For survivors everywhere,

Virginia did this for you. And now, Today, our broken hearts have been lifted at the news that no one is above the law, not even royalty,

saying he was never a prince. For survivors everywhere, Virginia did this for you. And now, as far as what this process is actually going to look like, Andrew has already been released from police custody, but he is still under investigation. But if and when, police are assured that a crime has been committed, they'll send the evidence to the Crown Prosecution Service, which will then bring charges of it thinks that there is a real shot at conviction and the cases in the public interest.

Now, you know, with all this, there's obviously been criticism that more should have been done sooner. But also, when you look through the reactions, right, Andrew's arrest, it seems to be yet another example of how different the response has been to the Epstein files internationally versus in the United States. Right, in the UK, Hey, in addition to going after Andrew, they've been looking into Labor Party politician and former ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson.

He's also being investigated on suspicion of misconduct and public office, tied to sharing sensitive government documents with Epstein. That whole scandal also led to Prime Minister Kier Starrmer, chief of staff and communications director to resign. Stammer himself has also faced calls to stepped down since he appointed Mandelson to the ambassadorship, despite knowing that the guy had a relationship with Epstein. The Stummer has claimed

that he wasn't aware of how close they actually were and accused Mandelson of lying about it. Also,

outside of the UK, the former Prime Minister of Norway has been charged with gross corruption and

connection to his ties to Epstein, a diplomat and her husband are facing a corruption investigation

by police. In France, the authorities have said they're investigating reports that the country's former

culture minister and his family had financial links to Epstein.

Prosecutors and pairs announced this week that they've opened two new investigations

into potential sex abuse crimes and financial wrongdoing linked to Jeffrey Epstein.

Or with them calling on victims to come forward and share their stories saying we will listen

to all the statements they wish to make.

But then in the U.S., like when Attorney General Pambani testified before the House Judiciary Committee last week,

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