Prince Andrew's Epstein Files: UK Blocks FBI Interview

0:00It's April 20th, I'm Cory with the story, and this is Entertainment and Celebrity News today, your AI-powered entertainment report. New emails from the Epstein file show UK Home Office staff worried that helping the FBI question Prince Andrew could spark a high court lawsuit from him. Back in 2020, the U.S. Justice Department sent a formal request to British authorities to force his cooperation in the Epstein probe, but it, when nowhere, and he never answered their questions. This figured Andrew's lawyers at Black Forers would challenge any approval, arguing the Home Office ignored rules favoring voluntary help first. They'd offered a signed written statement as recently as early June that year, so they planned to push for a judicial review to block it. U.S. prosecutors were straight up baffled, asking if the UK really refuses simple interviews just because voluntary talks feel short. They just wanted basic questions answered nothing more. After solicitor fire back hard in February 2020, accusing the DOJ of chasing headlines

1:00for New York prosecutor Jeffrey Burman instead of real justice. He said they couldn't trust the Americans to keep things confidential or fair, so cooperation stopped. Fast forward, Andrew stepped back from public duties after that rough newsnight interview in November 2019, ditched his Prince title in. 2025, and got arrested this February on suspicion of misconduct in public office before release pending investigation. He denies all wrongdoing, while the Home Office stands firm on chasing accountability for Epstein's victims.