Resurfaced video shows Donald Trump mentioning

A decade-old video of President Trump alluding that former Prince Andrew was conscious, and even participated, in crimes dedicated in Jeffrey Epstein’s non-public island has resurfaced amid the surprising ex-royal’s arrest. 

Epstein was convicted of procuring a little one for prostitution and of soliciting a prostitute in 2008 and had served 13 months in prison. In 2015, studies surfaced concerning Epstein’s “sweetheart deal,” which allowed him to keep away from federal intercourse trafficking prices, as properly as his continued connections to outstanding public figures like Prince Andrew. 

That same 12 months, during a Q&A, Trump, then a businessman and real estate mogul, was requested what he thought about Epstein and prison allegations against him.

“Well, I think he’s got a problem. That island was really a cesspool; there’s no question about it. Just ask Prince Andrew, he’ll tell you about it,” Trump told a reporter.

The video resurfaced hours after the previous prince, now Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, was arrested by British police on Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public workplace associated to his hyperlinks to the intercourse offender.

Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest was the first time in almost 4 centuries that a senior British royal was positioned under arrest.

Reports of the arrest got here after Thames Valley Police, which covers areas west of London, said a man in his 60s from Norfolk had been arrested and was in custody. In line with British procedures, they didn’t immediately establish the id of the suspect.

Following his brother’s arrest, King Charles issued a uncommon assertion expressing “deepest concerns” over the state of affairs. The King stripped Mountbatten-Windsor of his royal titles last 12 months, successfully evicting him from his home close to Windsor Castle and transferring the 66-year-old into his non-public property in Norfolk.

“Let me state clearly: the law must take its course,” the king said. “As this process continues, it would not be right for me to comment further on this matter.

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Hours after he was taken into custody, the former prince was photographed leaving the police station, looking startled. Police have not yet specified what led to the arrest.

Mountbatten-Windsor has always denied all accusations against him and insisted that he was not aware of Epstein’s criminality.

His arrest comes after the Thames Valley Police said earlier in February it was “assessing claims” that the previous prince engaged in illegal habits by sending the pedophile confidential commerce studies following a journey he took in 2010 to Southeast Asia when he was serving as envoy for worldwide commerce for Britain. Earlier, Andrew appeared to share the itinerary for the two-week journey to Hanoi, Saigon, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, and Hong Kong with Epstein.

An anti-monarchy campaigner said he notified authorities of the alleged misconduct, claiming that the knowledge just lately launched by the Justice Department might point out a violation of Britain’s Official Secrets Act.

“We can confirm receipt of this report and are assessing the information in line with our established procedures,” the police said in the statement.

President Trump has not yet commented on Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest; however, when the former prince was stripped of his royal titles, the president said, “I feel very badly. It’s a terrible thing that’s happened to the family,” without mentioning his relationship to the intercourse offender.

“That’s been a tragic situation. It’s too bad,” he added. “I feel badly for the family.”