Representative Nancy Mace, Republican of South Carolina, said on Wednesday that Britain’s Prince Andrew should face prosecution in the United States for his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender whose network of abuse continues to reverberate years after his death.
Mace raised the question directly on X, writing from her official congressional account: “So when do we prosecute Prince Andrew for potential crimes on US soil? Seems like the right next step (after we release the files).”
From her personal account, she went further, describing the image of Andrew in handcuffs inside a “cold dark cell,” saying it would “send the right message.”
The Duke of York became publicly entangled in the Epstein scandal in 2011, when Virginia Giuffre accused him of sexually abusing her as a teenager after she was trafficked by Epstein and his associate, Ghislaine Maxwell. Prince Andrew has consistently denied the allegations, though in 2022 he reached an undisclosed settlement with Giuffre, who died by suicide this April at the age of 41.
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Mace, who has spoken openly about being a survivor of sexual assault, recently attended a closed-door session with Epstein’s victims at the Capitol. She left early, later explaining that she suffered a panic attack while listening to their testimony. “As a recent survivor myself, I had a very difficult time,” she said.
Her comments come amid renewed efforts in Congress to shine a light on Epstein’s connections. A bipartisan measure from Representatives Thomas Massie, Republican of Kentucky, and Ro Khanna, Democrat of California, would force a House vote to release all remaining Epstein-related files. On Tuesday, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee disclosed more than 33,000 pages of Justice Department records, though Democrats on the panel dismissed the release as largely duplicative.
“To the American people — don’t let this fool you,” Democrats wrote in a joint statement.
Epstein died in 2019 in a Manhattan jail while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. His earlier 2008 plea deal on charges of procuring a minor for prostitution had already stirred outrage, and his shadow still looms over powerful figures, including members of Britain’s royal family.