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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office – live (www.theguardian.com)
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office by police investigating the former prince’s dealings with the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. >

  • Photographs of unmarked police cars and plainclothes officers at Wood Farm on the Sandringham estate just after 8am were published on Thursday. >
  • A statement from Thames Valley police said: “We have today (19/2) arrested a man in his 60s from Norfolk on suspicion of misconduct in public office and are carrying out searches at addresses in Berkshire and Norfolk. The man remains in police custody at this time.” >
  • The arrest came as Mountbatten-Windsor celebrated his 66th birthday at home. >
  • Police had been assessing allegations that Mountbatten-Windsor – formerly known as Prince Andrew – shared sensitive information with the billionaire child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein when he was a UK trade envoy. >
  • Oliver Wright, Thames Valley Police’s assistant chief constable, said: “Following a thorough assessment, we have now opened an investigation into this allegation of misconduct in public office.”

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[–] [S] 21 points 8 months ago (1 child)

The misconduct this is based on, is him passing confidential information directly to Epstein, while he was a trade envoy for the UK. That's what they can get him on for now. This is an option to get him in the seat, and ask him about his relationship with Epstein.

It's a small start, but it is a start.

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    • [–] 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

    @OP please add a little paragraph from the article to your OP. Thanks

    Sticky posting this as this is pretty big news.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Added a bullet list of "what we know" from the article on The Guardian. The BBC also has extensive reporting on the matter:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c70kjr9wjw0t

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    • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (15 children)

    King Charles says ‘law must take its course’

    Damn, I don't know this guy but it must take a lot to say that about your own family.

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  • [–] 10 points 8 months ago

    Friendly reminder that the last act of Biden was to pardon his family pre-emptively. They are still at the keeping up appearances phase.

    If he were convicted and jailed, I'm sure that would be another matter, but this is is a very good first step and a sign together with Gates cancelling his talk yesterday, that the heat is increasing.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    Charles has no real choice. Latest polling on how we (UK) feel about having a royal family is finally swinging in a positive direction (for those of us who want to see the lot of them gone) and he knows, or at least his advisers know, that anything other than what he's quoted as saying could be step one on public opinion definitively turning against them as an institution.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (12 children)

    does it tho? not every person would want the law bent or ignored for their family, especially if the laws of your country also focus on rehabilitation and it doesn't have the death penalty.

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  • [–] -1 points 8 months ago (11 children)

    not every person would want the law bent or ignored for their family

    Probably 99% of people would. Even Joe Biden abused his power to pardon his son. The ones who wouldn't are exceptional.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (7 children)

    Joe Biden abused his power to pardon his son.

    who was railroaded on a series of false accusations, with known Russian agents who later admitted it.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (6 children)

    They weren't false allegations, he openly admitted to, and was convicted of, lying about being a drug user on a form 4473 when purchasing a firearm, and for $1.4M in tax fraud.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago* (5 children)

    He had already repaid the taxes at the time the DoJ went after him, had already confessed to both, and was ready to plea like any other citizen charged with the same offenses when that plea deal was thrown out and the witch hunt began -- and at no point do either of those offenses warrant a Congressional hearing wherein nude photos from your stolen hard drive get blown up to poster size and displayed for Congress and the entire world.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (4 children)

    had already confessed to both

    So you agree they weren't false?

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago* (3 children)

    To reiterate, there was a plea deal.

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    I don't understand why you're reiterating this?

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    • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    I swear if this guy starts naming names I'll stop drinking coffee and switch to tea.

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    [–] 12 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

    They're being much more serious about this than when it was "just" about kids. I suppose threatening money and power is what gets you arrested. Similar to the way Epstein was arrested and then murdered by Trump's order.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    I think treason has always been treated more seriously than anything else. If Andrew has also been dealing in national secrets then it is more serious.

    That doesn't reduce the seriousness of any sex crimes. They should also be being investigated, but him being arrested for something else doesn't mean they're not.

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    • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    You know you fucked up when they use your full civil name, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I can't be bothered so I'm just gonna call him "the pedophile formerly known as Prince Andrew"

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago*

    I just resort to calling the orange turd the pedophile now...

    If I just simply say,

    And the pedophile did such and such...

    generally the mass populace of the world will know of whom I speak.

    If I call him by his full name its pedophile rapist piece of shit.

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    • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    Democracy is when the brother of the king rapes underage girls. They bomb countries to expand their underage girls pool.

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    [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c70kjr9wjw0t

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    [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    Does this mean he will have to commit suicide to stop himself spilling the beans on the other monsters?

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    [–] 11 points 8 months ago

    1000s more to go.

    Good job UK and EUROPE

    USA ROUND UP YOUR FASCIST SCUM PEDOPHILES

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    [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    Woohoo!

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    [–] 7 points 8 months ago

    Now arrest Trump.

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    [–] 7 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Sounds like they’re arresting him for sharing government secrets not for being a pedo. Glad to see they’ve got their priorities straight

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    [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    good. now do peter mandelson.

    I hope they can find blair in there so he can shut the fuck up about creating a global police state

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