EFTA00097890¶
Subject: Re: (SBU/DP) Urgent Guidance for DOJ: MLAT to Question Prince Andrew¶
Sky News has already asked for comment. Off the record we have referred them to DOJ. We have made no comment on the record. That will be our press posture until given other guidance.¶
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DOJ and EUR/Press Colleagues,¶
(U) Per the link below, the Sun alleges DOJ has made an MLAT request to have Prince Andrew questioned in the Jeffrey Epstein criminal probe.¶
(U) We will need press guidance urgently. Until I hear otherwise from Washington our stance will be to defer to any questions to the Department of Justice.¶
(SBU/DP) While the press office never comments on any ongoing investigation, if this is untrue it would helpful to have DOJ correct the record, even off the record.¶
(SBU/DP) This will be enormously sensitive in light of: the Harry Dunn case, the fact that the Duke is the son of the Queen, the allegation that the Palace was not informed, and that the Duke may not have sovereign immunity.¶
(SBU/DP) We can expect questions like “Did the Department of Justice side-step informing the Palace in retaliation for the UK not informing the U.S. about the international arrest warrant on Anne Sacoolas?”¶
(SBU/DP) If the allegation is accurate, the PAO and IO should have been informed so we were not caught unaware and unprepared as we are this morning.¶
Best,¶
Matt¶
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