Throughout the hundreds of Epstein paperwork launched on Wednesday night time by the Home Oversight and Authorities Reform Committee are a number of newly launched emails between Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and “The Duke” — which seems to be Prince Andrew — wherein “The Duke” pleads with Epstein and Maxwell to publicly say he “knew nothing” of forthcoming allegations concerning the trio.
“I’m NOT concerned and … I knew and know NOTHING about any of those allegations,” says “The Duke” within the electronic mail trade on March 4, 2011. “I do not know something about this! You will need to SAY so please. This has NOTHING to do with me. I can’t take any extra of this.”
The e-mail trade started after a reporter for The Mail on Sunday reached out to Ghislaine Maxwell’s legal professional for touch upon a narrative he mentioned the publication was set to run on Maxwell, Epstein and Prince Andrew — together with allegations listed by the reporter about Prince Andrew and several other different allegations that weren’t associated to him.
That electronic mail was quickly forwarded to Epstein, who forwarded it to an electronic mail recipient named “The Duke,” whose electronic mail handle was redacted.
“What? I do not know any of this. How are you responding?” “The Duke” mentioned to Epstein.
“Simply received it two minute in the past.. I ve [sic] requested g attorneys to ship a letter,” Epstein responded partly, apparently referring to Maxwell.
“Please make it possible for each assertion or authorized letter states clearly that I’m NOT concerned and that I knew and know NOTHING about any of those allegations,” replied “The Duke” within the trade. “I am unable to take any extra of this my finish.”
In a separate and newly launched electronic mail trade, Epstein additionally appeared to undercut Prince Andrew’s efforts to distance himself from his accuser, Virginia Giuffre, by elevating doubts about whether or not a photograph of them was genuine.
“I do not bear in mind assembly her in any respect,” Andrew mentioned of Giuffre in his 2019 BBC interview. “I do not keep in mind that {photograph} ever being taken … you’ll be able to’t show whether or not or not that {photograph} is faked or not.”
Nonetheless, following the discharge of the brand new paperwork on Wednesday, Epstein seems to substantiate the photograph was genuine, whereas difficult the rest of her allegations.
“Sure, she was on my airplane, and sure she had her image taken with Andrew, as lots of my workers have,” Epstein wrote in a July 2011 electronic mail to a redacted electronic mail handle.
In an extra obvious reference to Giuffre, Epstein means that Prince Andrew’s accuser ought to be “examine[d]” and that “Buckingham Palace would like it.”
“The woman who accused Prince Andrew may also simply be confirmed to be a liar. I feel Buckingham Palace would like it,” Epstein wrote to a publicist in July 2011. “You must process somebody to research the woman [REDACTED], that has brought about the Queens son all this agro. I promise you she is a fraud. you and i can go to ascot for the remainder of our lives.”
The previous Prince Andrew is now often known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, after he was just lately stripped of all his titles because of previous affiliation with Epstein.
The newest paperwork have been obtained after the committee subpoenaed the Epstein Property over the summer time.
The White Home accused Democrats on the committee of releasing “selectively leaked emails to the liberal media to create a pretend narrative” about President Trump,” together with one wherein Epstein wrote that Trump “spent hours at my home” with somebody the Democrats alleged was a sufferer.
“These emails show completely nothing, apart from the truth that President Trump did nothing incorrect,” White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt mentioned.
