The U.S. prosecutor who has been going after Prince Andrew for his alleged ties to Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking activities has been fired from his position. U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman was probing into the Duke of York and was supposed to be gaining some traction this month into the investigations but Attorney General William Barr announced President Donald Trump will replace him.
Initially, Berman said in a statement that he's not leaving his post until there is a new presidential nominee confirmed by the Senate. Trump, who is, allegedly, friends with Prince Andrew and was photographed together at Epstein's parties before, said he is not involved with Berman's firing.
Nonetheless, he removed Berman from his post at the request of Barr. Trump insisted, however, that he is not involved since this is the Attorney General's department.
Berman then released another statement to say that he is vacating the U.S. Attorney's Office in New York effective immediately. Despite this, he told the press that he has been simply doing his job.
Early this June, Berman accused Prince Andrew of "falsely portraying" that he was willing to cooperate in the U.S. court's investigation of Epstein's cases. Berman said that the Duke of York repeatedly turned down their request to be asked about what he could potentially know of the accusations against his friend.
Epstein could no longer talk or defend himself because he took his own life while in prison in the summer of 2019. The U.S. courts have then turned to his friends for help in the cases lodged by Epstein's victims.
One of the victims claimed that she had sexual relations with Prince Andrew more than once when she was a minor working at Epstein's parties. There were also accounts of witnesses who said they saw Prince Andrew at his friend's private island and was with the young women in his employ.
The Duke of York has been getting a lot of criticisms for his friendship with the billionaire. He said in an interview with BBC that he has not seen any suspicious activities or behaviors when he visited the houses of his friend in the U.S.
The U.S. Department of Justice has been looking into Epstein's cases for 16 years. He went to prison sometime between 2006 and 2007 but was surprisingly released until more female victims came forward to accuse him of prostituting them.
