US perpetrators must face ‘same consequences’ as Epstein’s UK associates, congressman says
NEWS | 19 November 2025
The “same kind of consequences” faced by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein must be inflicted on “perpetrators of heinous crimes” linked to the disgraced financier in the United States, a congressman has said. Thomas Massie, a Republican representative, also pointed to the sacking of Peter Mandelson, the UK’s ambassador to Washington, as an example of the fallout faced by those with ties to the late pedophile. Speaking alongside survivors of Epstein at a press conference outside the US Capitol, Massie said: “There’s becoming a reckoning in Britain that needs to happen in the United States: a prince lost his title, the ambassador to the United States lost his job. We need to see those same kind of consequences here.” “As my colleague Ro [Khanna] said, there shouldn’t be buildings named after these perpetrators of these heinous crimes, there shouldn’t be scholarships named after them, and there needs to be accounting.” Massie was joined by Khanna, a California Democratic representative who also serves on the House oversight committee that is conducting an inquiry into the government’s handling of the Epstein case. The pair led the bipartisan effort to force a House floor vote for the complete release of justice department files on Epstein. “We’ve seen tens of thousands of pages released by the oversight committee. What we’ve not seen is a single name. So I implore you to look and see if we have true justice and transparency, and the survivors will know when that has happened,” Massie said. The press conference came just hours before the US House of Representatives passed a bill to force the release of the Epstein files. It comes after Donald Trump and his Republican allies backed down from their opposition amid a scandal that has dogged the US president since his return to the White House. Speaking after Massie, Khanna renewed calls for Mountbatten-Windsor to testify before the committee. Earlier this month, King Charles stripped his younger brother of his royal titles over the former prince’s relationship with Epstein. Since then, House Republicans have released thousands more documents relating to the Epstein scandal in which it has been revealed that Mountbatten-Windsor kept in touch with the late financier for longer than was previously known. “I do think that Prince Andrew does need to come and testify at our oversight committee, and that can be bipartisan,” Khanna said. “But I share [Massie’s] view that the urgency that the British people have shown in getting justice needs to inspire an urgency here in America.” Khanna had previously told the Guardian that the public deserved to know about who was abusing women and girls alongside Epstein. His renewed call comes a day after Suhas Subramanyam, a congressman who is among the Democratic members of the oversight committee, accused Mountbatten-Windsor of hiding. “If [Mountbatten-Windsor] is hoping that the story will just go away by ignoring us and being silent, he will be sorely disappointed as we continue to pursue this over the next year and beyond,” he said.
Author: Emine Sinmaz.
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