This week, the White House formally announced that King Charles and Queen Camilla will make a state visit to the US. The White House press corps immediately started acting like the Clampetts, and they declared that “King Charles II will come to DC!” King Charles II died in 1685, and this guy is Charles III. We know the dates for Charles’s visit too – he’ll visit during the week of April 27, and he’ll also address Congress. It will be the first time a British royal addressed Congress since Queen Elizabeth II did it in 1991. I believe the White House announced it right now to shut down speculation that Keir Starmer would pull the visit over everything Donald Trump is doing and saying. Timing-wise, it’s also interesting because the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will likely be back in Montecito following their Australian trip. Something to keep your eye on.
Well, beyond the unhinged-Trump of it all, there’s another big concern about Charles’s state visit: the fact that his brother is all over the Epstein Files, and Charles is arguably sheltering Prince Andrew from testifying in the US or being criminally charged here in the US. Congressman Ro Khanna is making some noise about requesting that King Charles meet with Jeffrey Epstein’s victims while he’s in the US.
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., tells Fox News he wants King Charles to meet with Jeffrey Epstein’s victims and others when he comes to Capitol Hill next month to deliver a speech before a joint meeting of Congress. British authorities arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew and the brother of King Charles, in connection with an inquiry into the Epstein matter.
Khanna says King Charles could shed light on what the royal family knew about Andrew or Epstein. Khanna tells Fox he wants the King to meet with victims, then with him and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and the House Oversight Committee.
Khanna stressed that he would request Charles to appear. Fox pressed Khanna on whether he would ask that the King be subpoenaed, but Khanna was not ready to go there yet.
One Oversight Committee source tells Fox that this request is “very delicate” and they risk “an international incident” by asking King Charles to meet with the committee.
House Speaker Mike Johnson called the Democrat’s request “comical.”
“He’s the king of England and the head of state, he’s not going to submit to Ro Khanna’s political games and that committee,” Johnson told Fox. “The King of England has nothing to do with Epstein. That is a joke, and it is offensive for him to suggest that.”
[From Fox News via Yahoo]
“The King of England has nothing to do with Epstein. That is a joke, and it is offensive for him to suggest that.” Charles literally signed off on Andrew’s settlement to Virginia Giuffre, who was trafficked BY Jeffrey Epstein TO Prince Andrew. Not only did Charles sign off on the multi-million dollar settlement, there’s a growing body of evidence that Charles contributed cash to the settlement. Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were also frequent visitors to royal estates, including Windsor Castle, Balmoral and Buckingham Palace. There’s a reason why British people are heckling the f–k out of Charles and asking him what he knew about Andrew and Epstein – it’s because Charles has NEVER answered those questions about what he knew and when. Anyway, I absolutely hope that Rep. Khanna makes this into a whole big, messy thing.
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