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Follow the Money: Gordon Brown Demands Probe Into Andrew’s Taxpayer-Funded Travels · The Epstein Chronicles

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  Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the
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  Speaker 1: Epstein Chronicles. In this episode, we're going to hop across
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  Speaker 1: the Pond and we're going to talk a little bit
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  Speaker 1: more about the Joe exotic of the Windsor family and
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  Speaker 1: the calls from Gordon Brown, who is the ex Prime Minister,
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  Speaker 1: for a comprehensive investigation into Prince Andrew and how Prince
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  Speaker 1: Andrew was using public funds when he was the UK
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  Speaker 1: Trade Envoy. And this is the kind of jeopardy that
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  Speaker 1: Andrew's in now. Whenever you have a situation where you
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  Speaker 1: get arrested for one crime like Andrew did, that opens
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  Speaker 1: the door for them to start digging into other things.
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  Speaker 1: And when you're somebody like Andrew who has taken money
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  Speaker 1: from some very questionable sources over the years and engaged
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  Speaker 1: in some very questionable behavior, if you will, that's going
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  Speaker 1: to open up the door for a lot of other
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  Speaker 1: crimes to be investigated. And I think that's exactly what
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  Speaker 1: the UK government is trending towards now. I have my
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  Speaker 1: doubts about how far they're going to pursue it, and
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  Speaker 1: if they're going to go to the ends of the
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  Speaker 1: earth to try and nail Prince Andrew with these charges,
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  Speaker 1: but I think they should. I think he deserves it.
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  Speaker 1: And if anybody's earned their place of shame when it
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  Speaker 1: comes to Ebstein, it's the Joe Exotic of the Windsor family.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, is there anything worse than wasted privilege? It's
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  Speaker 1: even worse than wasted talent, because with privilege, you're born
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  Speaker 1: with it, and when you squander it, it really makes
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  Speaker 1: me disgusted. Andrew had the chance to do whatever he
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  Speaker 1: wanted in the whole entire world with basically whomever he
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  Speaker 1: wanted to do it, and he chose to cavort with
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  Speaker 1: Jeffrey Epstein. So who does he have to blame but himself?
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  Speaker 1: And why should anyone feel sympathy for somebody like Andrew
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  Speaker 1: who has given the world but the world wasn't enough.
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  Speaker 1: I can't find it in my heart to have sympathy
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  Speaker 1: for a dude like that, even without the unconscionable allegations
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  Speaker 1: that were made by Virginia. So if anybody has earned
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  Speaker 1: their place when it comes to shame, it's certainly Prince Andrew.
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  Speaker 1: Today's article is from Sky News and the headline Gordon
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  Speaker 1: Brown urges police to examine public funds during Andrew Mountbatten
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  Speaker 1: Winsor's time as UK Trade Envoy. And this is where
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  Speaker 1: they get you. It's always the cover up, isn't it.
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  Speaker 1: This article was authored by Connor Breslin. Former UK Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister Gordon Brown has called for a broader investigation and
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  Speaker 1: to ask Prince Andrew's conduct, urging police to examine how
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  Speaker 1: public funds were used during his time as Trade Envoy. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: they won't like that. Do you know how much money
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  Speaker 1: was wasted by Prince Andrew staying at hotels, doing this,
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  Speaker 1: doing that when he could have stayed at embassies, He
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  Speaker 1: could have stayed at places where other diplomats stay when
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  Speaker 1: they're here representing the UK. But instead, well, Andrew, he
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  Speaker 1: had to be different because you know, Queen's favorite son
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  Speaker 1: and all. Meanwhile, the average people of the UK, they're
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  Speaker 1: having a tough time, you know, paying bills, getting ahead,
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  Speaker 1: saving money like everybody else. But as long as Prince
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  Speaker 1: Andrew's taking care of everything's cool. Mister Brown said concerns
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  Speaker 1: about expenses were raised while he was in office, prompting action.
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  Speaker 1: At the time, he revealed he directed a senior figure
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  Speaker 1: in government to question Andrew mount bat and windsor over
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  Speaker 1: travel costs. In two thousand and eight, Well, the Queen
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  Speaker 1: was still alive, So wouldn't it even mattered unless you
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  Speaker 1: have like documented proof of Andrew doing something heinous. I
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  Speaker 1: doubt the Queen would have acted. That's how much he
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  Speaker 1: loved her, darling little boy, Mommy's little monster. And for
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  Speaker 1: a woman who made a lot of great decisions during
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  Speaker 1: her years on earth, this surely wasn't one of them.
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  Speaker 1: The issue centered on the use of RAF aircraft for
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  Speaker 1: official duties, which mister Brown described as act. Well, I
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  Speaker 1: guess Jeffrey Epstein's plane was busy that day, had to
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  Speaker 1: ferry some of those girls that he was trafficking across
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  Speaker 1: the country, so he couldn't let his buddy Prince Andrew
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  Speaker 1: use the plane. And, in typical Prince Andrew Grift fashion,
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  Speaker 1: instead of paying for something, you just let the taxpayers
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  Speaker 1: pick up the dime. In a piece published in The
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  Speaker 1: New Statesman, the former Prime Minister said police must now
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  Speaker 1: interview officials and ask for records from the Ministry of Defense,
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  Speaker 1: the Department for Business and Trade, and the Foreign Office.
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  Speaker 1: I would think that's all a good idea if you
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  Speaker 1: want to have a comprehensive case, and you want to
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  Speaker 1: put together as much evidence as possible, you have to dig.
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  Speaker 1: And that's where my concern is. How deep are they
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  Speaker 1: going to dig, How far do they want to go.
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  Speaker 1: How much shame do they really want to heap upon
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  Speaker 1: Prince Andrew and by proxy, on the royal family. All
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  Speaker 1: of that plays a big part here. All departments were
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  Speaker 1: involved managing former Duke of York's trips. He said the
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  Speaker 1: investigation should go beyond current allegations and consider whether taxpayer
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  Speaker 1: funds or misused. I don't think that's out of pocket.
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  Speaker 1: I think that's a good idea. I think that if
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  Speaker 1: you're representing a nation, whether it's the UK, US, you
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  Speaker 1: have a duty to the taxpayer to make sure you're
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  Speaker 1: spending that money correctly and that you're not going overboard
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  Speaker 1: and getting things you don't need or things that you're
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  Speaker 1: not entitled to. Why should the guy that's washing floors
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  Speaker 1: or driving a cab pay for Prince Andrew to live
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  Speaker 1: this lavish life. While these people can hardly keep the
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  Speaker 1: power on, can hardly keep the water running, can hardly
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  Speaker 1: keep food in the refrigerator, But we have a bunch
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  Speaker 1: of money for Prince Andrew to go gallivanting around the
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  Speaker 1: world on the taxpayer's dime completely unacceptable and he needs
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  Speaker 1: to be held to account if he did anything criminal,
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  Speaker 1: if he did things that were not acceptable, he needs
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  Speaker 1: to be held accountable like any of us would be.
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  Speaker 1: We must now question whether public funds were used in
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  Speaker 1: pursuit not just of his public duties, but of his
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  Speaker 1: alleged private liaisons and even private business arrangements. I think
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  Speaker 1: that's all something that happened, and I think if an
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  Speaker 1: investigations launched, they're going to find that. And if and
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  Speaker 1: when they do, the million dollar question is what next.
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  Speaker 1: Mister Brown said he had been informed that Andrew questioned
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  Speaker 1: the need to fly commercially when challenged about costs. Oh
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  Speaker 1: God forbid, God forbid, you get on a plane with
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  Speaker 1: the rest of us. Imagine that Prince Andrew sitting in
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  Speaker 1: first class. What an absolute tragedy that would be. Mister
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  Speaker 1: Brown also detailed the separate proposal made during his time
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  Speaker 1: as chancellor. He said Andrew sought public funding for a
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  Speaker 1: dedicated fleet of aircraft for royal use, separate from existing
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  Speaker 1: RAF arrangements at the time. Mister Brown rejected the idea
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  Speaker 1: and raised the matter directly with the Queen. Emails in
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  Speaker 1: the Epstein files show that the then print since claim
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  Speaker 1: credit for having secured the privatization of helicopters used by
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  Speaker 1: the Royal family. He said, now Andrew wanted the same
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  Speaker 1: arrangement for aeroplanes. I'm surprised the Queen didn't just jump
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  Speaker 1: in and say, you know what, of course, my darling boy,
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  Speaker 1: do whatever you want, whenever you want, with whoever you want.
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  Speaker 1: There will never be any repercussions. The cost suume prohibitive,
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  Speaker 1: and I turned down his proposal and reported directly to
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  Speaker 1: the Queen that the country could not afford such a plane.
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  Speaker 1: Prince Andrew was arrested in February on suspicion of misconduct
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  Speaker 1: and public office as part of an ongoing inquiry into
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  Speaker 1: his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. He has
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  Speaker 1: denied any wrongdoing and remains under investigation. Police have been
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  Speaker 1: examining whether sensitive information was shared with Epstein during Andrew's
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  Speaker 1: time as Trade Envoy. I think that's a fact. We
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  Speaker 1: saw the emails, We saw what Andrew was passing off
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  Speaker 1: to Jeffrey Epstein, and I doubt that's all of it.
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  Speaker 1: You think that was the first time. I highly doubt it.
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  Speaker 1: I think that Jeffrey Epstein was using Prince Andrew to
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  Speaker 1: get access to this information one hundred percent and in return,
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  Speaker 1: well we all know what Andrew got. Mister Brown said
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  Speaker 1: the scope of the inquiry should now be expanded. He
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  Speaker 1: called for authorities to revisit Andrew's actions not only in
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  Speaker 1: relation to potential breaches of the Official Secrets Act, but
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  Speaker 1: also his use of public resources. And I think that
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  Speaker 1: if Andrew gets knelled, that's what it's going to be
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  Speaker 1: because the guy was taking money hand over fist. Now
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  Speaker 1: I don't mean stealing it in the traditional sense, but
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  Speaker 1: with his little escapades, right, the shitty was up to
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  Speaker 1: and then he was putting it on the taxpayer's dime.
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  Speaker 1: And now Gordon Brown is saying that the extent of
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  Speaker 1: that was much deeper than anybody knew and that needs
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  Speaker 1: to all be investigated. The former Prime Minister also appointed
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  Speaker 1: to reports linked to Epstein's activities in the UK. He
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  Speaker 1: referenced claims involving women who were allegedly brought into the
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  Speaker 1: country and linked the properties associated with Epstein. According to
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  Speaker 1: the Guardian, British police forces are assessing whether flights connected
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  Speaker 1: to Epstein that traveled through UK. Reports weren't a full
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  Speaker 1: criminal investigation, I would say so, I mean, what are
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  Speaker 1: we doing here at this point? We don't think they
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  Speaker 1: need full investigations. I would think that we have to
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  Speaker 1: start at square one, considering how badly all these investigations
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  Speaker 1: have fell previously. Several forces, including the Metropolitan Police, are
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  Speaker 1: reviewing material tied to those movements. Mister Brown said the
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  Speaker 1: further scrutiny was needed at both a policing and parliamentary level.
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  Speaker 1: The King has said that no one should be above
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  Speaker 1: the law. He said, alongside the police investigation, a select
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  Speaker 1: committee in Parliament should examine how public funds were used
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  Speaker 1: and whether a cover up took place that prevented Andrew
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  Speaker 1: from being interviewed by US investigators. Well, we know that
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  Speaker 1: that happened. There's one hundred percent chance that there's a
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  Speaker 1: cover up happening right now as we speak. Over in
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  Speaker 1: the UK. They don't want Andrew speaking to American investigators,
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  Speaker 1: Are you crazy? That's the last thing they want. So
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  Speaker 1: I expect Prince Andrew to do the same thing he's
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  Speaker 1: been doing for all these years, keeping his mouth shut
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  Speaker 1: and not speaking with any authorities. However, it might not
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  Speaker 1: be his choice, considering he's under investigation and he's probably
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  Speaker 1: going to be charged. He's not going to be in
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  Speaker 1: the position to deny anybody a conversation. So I'm very
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  Speaker 1: interested to see where this one goes, and I'm very
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  Speaker 1: interested to see just how much of the curtain is
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  Speaker 1: going to get pulled back in the UK, exposing the
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  Speaker 1: dirty laundry of not only Prince Andrew but the royal
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  Speaker 1: family itself. All the information that goes with this episode
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