British police investigating the former prince Andrew and Peter Mandelson are preparing to start interviewing witnesses in royal and government circles.

It comes as police fear that prosecutors will be “reluctant” to bring charges unless the Trump administration agrees to hand over the original documents from the Epstein files.

The two police forces that have launched full criminal investigations as a result of revelations in the Epstein files have been in discussions with the special crime division of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which authorises criminal charges in England and Wales.

Thames Valley police is investigating Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, King Charles’s brother, for misconduct in public office, over claims sensitive material was passed to Jeffrey Epstein while Mountbatten-Windsor was serving as a UK trade envoy.

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    5 days ago

    Fucking yeah I sure hope so. Even the scum of the earth like this deserve due process. Evidence should be controlled, none of this “we should have free rein” police state bullshit.

    The Met has now sent a formal request to the US authorities for the original and unredacted documents from the Epstein files as part of their investigation into Mandelson, the former British ambassador in Washington.

    …so even at press time they’d already decided to follow procedure and make the actual request. I hate this article.

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      Fucking yeah I sure hope so. Even the scum of the earth like this deserve due process

      Due process involves discovery, where the full unredacted documents would have been turned over…

      Due process doesn’t mean you can just refuse to follow the law.