Discussion»Statements»Rosie's Corner» Is it true that the FBI wants to question Prince Andrew about Jeff the Epstein? What jurisdiction does America have over British citizens?
I don't know if it's true or not, but I think most allied countries do have legal mechanisms to allow questioning foreigners involved with their own citizens when necessary.
I doubt the US legal system has "jurisdiction" over a foreigner though, unless that person is suspected of breaking US law in some way, and then would become the subject of an extradition attempt. Although Prince Andrew is not above the law either in the USA or the UK, I don't think anyone seriously suspects him of wrong-doing apart from being foolish - but he might be a prosecution or defence witness in some way.
If nothing else he might be able to shed more light on Epstein's behaviour, and I think that's what they want. Whether he would know personally of any criminal activity by Epstein committed during their friendship, is another matter. Probably not if Andrew is entirely innocent, if only because criminals are unlikely to risk telling innocent people what they are up to.
I don't know the possible next steps but I think he can be interviewed by American law officers in the UK. After all, British detectives often visit the USA and other countries to interview suspects or witnesses.
Okey dokey. But I am confused. You think his involvement with pedophile convicted sex trafficker jeff epstein was "foolish"? So you think the girl who said she had sex with Andrew is lying? That he just hung with a guy who had hot and cold running little girls at his digs and Andrew just watched or stayed in another room or didn't know? What could be the possible draw for Andrew to consort cavort with a piece of trash like jeff epstein beside sex? Seriously what could they possibly have in common? I think Andrew is also a pedophile and had sex with these young girls. Do I know that for fact? Of course not. However you are known by the company you keep and birds of a feather flock together and when you lie down with dogs you get fleas. Sarah was quoted as saying Andrew is a gentleman. Is she a liar? I don't know. Maybe she feels sorry for him and he is the father of her children. Again I am an outsider but the American jeff epstein is my entry into this mess. Anyone who hung out with and liked him and serviced him or acted as pimp or madam is not a nice person. In my opinion. Thank you for your thoughtful reply. Also a thought just occurred to me. I think women react differently to pedophilia and rape because they either have had experience with it or personalize it. Men are raped too but maybe not a many of them. Epstein didn't fancy little boys. He did fancy little girls. And he had procurors. Sad that.
Sorry, but I can't see how to reply at all sensibly to that.
You have decided Prince Andrew is a paedophile merely because he associated with one - which was undoubtedly foolish of him because h eshou;ld have realised it would bring him a lot of trouble - and seem not to want to even consider he might be perfectly innocent of anything at all illegal.
Are / were Epstein's parents or any siblings paedophiles? Were his business associates rampant sex offenders? After all they were closely associated with Jeffery Epstein, too.
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As to your original second question, one country's jurisdiction over another's citizen only applies to acts suspected or witnessed by that citizen while in the investigators' / prosecutors' country where the act itself is illegal.
It works both ways round: if Epstein had seriously assaulted someone in Britain then returned home, the British authorities would have sought his extradition to the UK to be charged and tried under UK Law. If the charge was sufficiently serious for a Crown Court trial, at least he would have had an independent jury, because neither the prosecution nor defence in a British court have any prior say in selecting jurors, and a juror who declares or is found to have a personal interest in the case has to be replaced. I don't think the jurors even know until the charge is read in court, the nature of the charge and name of the accused.
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