Prince Andrew allegedly pleaded with Epstein to deny allegations

Within the thousands of Epstein documents released connected Wednesday nighttime by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are respective recently released emails betwixt Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and "The Duke" -- which appears to beryllium Prince Andrew -- successful which "The Duke" pleads with Epstein and Maxwell to publically accidental helium "knew nothing" of forthcoming allegations astir the trio.

"I americium NOT progressive and … I knew and cognize NOTHING astir immoderate of these allegations," says “The Duke” successful the email speech connected March 4, 2011. "I don't cognize thing astir this! You indispensable SAY truthful please. This has NOTHING to bash with me. I can’t instrumentality immoderate much of this.”

The email speech began aft a newsman for The Mail connected Sunday reached retired to Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyer for remark connected a communicative helium said the work was acceptable to tally connected Maxwell, Epstein and Prince Andrew -- including allegations listed by the newsman astir Prince Andrew and respective different allegations that were not related to him.

That email was soon forwarded to Epstein, who forwarded it to an email recipient named "The Duke," whose email code was redacted.

"What? I don't cognize immoderate of this. How are you responding?" "The Duke" said to Epstein.

"Just got it 2 infinitesimal ago.. I ve [sic] asked g lawyers to nonstop a letter," Epstein responded successful part, seemingly referring to Maxwell.

"Please marque definite that each connection oregon ineligible missive states intelligibly that I americium NOT progressive and that I knew and cognize NOTHING astir immoderate of these allegations," replied “The Duke” successful the exchange. "I can't instrumentality immoderate much of this my end."

In a abstracted and recently released email exchange, Epstein besides appeared to undercut Prince Andrew's efforts to region himself from his accuser, Virginia Giuffre, by raising doubts astir whether a photograph of them was authentic.

"I don't retrieve gathering her astatine all," Andrew said of Giuffre successful his 2019 BBC interview. "I don't retrieve that photograph ever being taken … you can't beryllium whether oregon not that photograph is faked oregon not."

However, pursuing the merchandise of the caller documents connected Wednesday, Epstein appears to corroborate the photograph was authentic, portion challenging the remainder of her allegations.

"Yes, she was connected my plane, and yes she had her representation taken with Andrew, arsenic galore of my employees have," Epstein wrote successful a July 2011 email to a redacted email address.

In an further evident notation to Giuffre, Epstein suggests that Prince Andrew's accuser should beryllium "investigate[d]" and that "Buckingham Palace would emotion it."

"The miss who accused Prince Andrew tin besides easy beryllium proven to beryllium a liar. I deliberation Buckingham Palace would emotion it," Epstein wrote to a publicist successful July 2011. "You should task idiosyncratic to analyse the miss [REDACTED], that has caused the Queens lad each this agro. I committedness you she is simply a fraud. you and one volition beryllium capable to spell to ascot for the remainder of our lives."

The erstwhile Prince Andrew is present known arsenic Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, aft he was precocious stripped of each his titles owed to past relation with Epstein.

The latest documents were obtained aft the committee subpoenaed the Epstein Estate implicit the summer.

The White House accused Democrats connected the committee of releasing "selectively leaked emails to the wide media to make a fake narrative" astir President Trump," including 1 successful which Epstein wrote that Trump "spent hours astatine my house" with idiosyncratic the Democrats alleged was a victim.

"These emails beryllium perfectly nothing, different than the information that President Trump did thing wrong," White House property caput Karoline Leavitt said.