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Former Prince Andrew arrested following scrutiny over Epstein relationship · DEEP INSIGHT

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  Speaker 1: A stunning development in Great Britain, former Prince Andrew arrested
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  Speaker 1: arrested in connection with his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. It
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  Speaker 1: follows weeks of new revelations about their friendship following the
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  Speaker 1: US Justice Department's release of millions of files from the
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  Speaker 1: Epstein case. NBC's Raft Sanchez is in London. Force Raft,
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  Speaker 1: good morning to you. First of all, what have you
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  Speaker 1: been able to learn so far?
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  Speaker 2: Craig, Good morning. This is a fast moving situation. But
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  Speaker 2: here's what we know so far. British police took former
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  Speaker 2: Prince Andrew into custody early this morning local time in Norfolk,
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  Speaker 2: that is in the east of England. It's where he's
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  Speaker 2: been living since he was forced out of his royal
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  Speaker 2: home in Windsor earlier this month. Now police are not
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  Speaker 2: officially naming him. They are saying at this point that
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  Speaker 2: they have taken a man in his sixties into custody
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  Speaker 2: and the allegation Craig is misconduct in public office. This
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  Speaker 2: is effectively an alligation of corruption. Now this is important
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  Speaker 2: because Andrew, of course has faced repeated allegations that he
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  Speaker 2: sexually abused some of Epstein's trafficking victims. British Police are
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  Speaker 2: saying that at this point they are looking into allegations
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  Speaker 2: he misused his public office. Now they are not giving
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  Speaker 2: further details at this point, but what we do know
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  Speaker 2: is in that massive release of Department of Justice emails
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  Speaker 2: from the convicted sex offenders accounts, there were emails from
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  Speaker 2: Prince Andrew, who was a prince back then, back in
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  Speaker 2: two thousand and ten, to Jeffrey Epstein. He was serving
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  Speaker 2: at that point as a trade envoy for the British government.
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  Speaker 2: He had access to sensitive trade information and he sent
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  Speaker 2: some of that trade data to Epstein. Again, this is
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  Speaker 2: back in twenty ten. This is after Epstein was convicted
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  Speaker 2: in Florida in two thousand and eight, when the Prince
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  Speaker 2: was sending him these emails. Now, this is a serious
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  Speaker 2: offense if he is charged. It's worth saying at this
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  Speaker 2: point he has been arrested, he has not been charged.
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  Speaker 2: This is an offense that can carry prison time and
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  Speaker 2: it underscores Craig just the stunning fall from grace. We
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  Speaker 2: have been discussing with Royal historians here in London this
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  Speaker 2: morning trying to find any precedent for this. No one
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  Speaker 2: can think of a situation in the modern era where
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  Speaker 2: the king's younger sibling has been arrested on suspicion of
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  Speaker 2: public corruption and is potentially facing charges. In terms of
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  Speaker 2: what would happen next year, first steps would be some
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  Speaker 2: kind of decision about bail and then it would be
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  Speaker 2: in the hands of prosecutors for whether to formally bring charges.
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  Speaker 1: All right, Rev. Since just forced there in London, refs standby,
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  Speaker 1: let us bring an NBC's chief international correspondent, Kiir Simmons,
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  Speaker 1: who has covered the royal family for decades, and again
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  Speaker 1: a former Prince Andrew A, you've be noted here arrested
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  Speaker 1: on his sixty sixth birthday. Good morning to you. Tell
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  Speaker 1: us a little bit more about what you've been able
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  Speaker 1: to glean from the situation so far.
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  Speaker 3: Well, as Raff said, a fall from grace and to
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  Speaker 3: be arrested on your sixty sixth birthday, on your birthday
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  Speaker 3: in the early hours of the morning, well that is
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  Speaker 3: quite something. I mean, Craig, Look, this is a royal
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  Speaker 3: scandal alongside scandals that we've seen through the decades. But
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  Speaker 3: the royal family have been trying to distance themselves. We've
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  Speaker 3: seen that in the fact that we now call him
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  Speaker 3: Andrew Mountbatten Windsor not Prince Andrew. His title was taken away,
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  Speaker 3: his heirs and graces, if you like, were taken away.
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  Speaker 3: We've seen that in the messaging from King Charles, who
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  Speaker 3: frankly has had for a long time a fairly distant
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  Speaker 3: relationship with his brother, but also even with Prince William.
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  Speaker 3: You'll remember, Craig. Just in the past few weeks, on
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  Speaker 3: a trip to Saudi Arabia, Prince William and the Princess
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  Speaker 3: of Wales Catherine, put out a statement about the Epstein scandal,
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  Speaker 3: talking about their feelings for the victims of that scandal.
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  Speaker 3: And clearly it was heartfelt and it was a personal message,
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  Speaker 3: but I think it was also part of this process
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  Speaker 3: of moving Andrew away from the royal family. One of
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  Speaker 3: the questions, of course, Craig is going to be whether
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  Speaker 3: that's really possible, because, for example, the royal watchers are
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  Speaker 3: talking now about the question of whether there are emails
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  Speaker 3: that Andrew Manbattan Windsor Will have used, would have sent
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  Speaker 3: while he was a trade envoy, while he was a
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  Speaker 3: working member of the royal family. Does Buckingham Palace have
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  Speaker 3: records of those emails? Will they expected will it be expected,
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  Speaker 3: Will bucking In Palace be expected to hand over that
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  Speaker 3: kind of evidence. So the possibility that the Royal family
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  Speaker 3: get pulled into this is very real, despite their efforts
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  Speaker 3: to kind of protect the brand.
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  Speaker 1: If you like, our chief international correspondent Kiir Simmons care
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  Speaker 1: thank you. We should note we've received a statement as
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  Speaker 1: well from the family of Virginia Roberts Jewfrey. That statement reads,
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  Speaker 1: in part, today our hearts are broken. Our broken hearts
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  Speaker 1: have been lifted at the news that no one is
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  Speaker 1: above the law, and not even royalty. On behalf of
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  Speaker 1: our sister, Virginia Roberts jew Frey, weekstend our gratitude to
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  Speaker 1: the police for the investigation and arrest of Andrew mount
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  Speaker 1: Batton Windsor again that coming from the family of Virginia
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  Speaker 1: Roberts Geffrey of course, Virginia Roberts jew Frey, one of
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  Speaker 1: the most prominent accusers in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, who
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  Speaker 1: died by suicide last year. Kere, thank you, Raf, thank you,
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  Speaker 1: We
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