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SDNY News Clips, Monday, March 9, 2020
SDNY News Clips
Monday, March 9, 2020
Contents
Public Corruption
2
Epstein
2
MCC
3
Money Laundering and Transnational Criminal Enterprises
5
Navarro
5
Terrorism and International Narcotics
10
Schulte
10
Violent and Organized Crime
13
Ray
13
Matters of Interest
16
Berman
16
Barr
18
Weinstein
19
Coronavirus
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EFTA00014263
SDNY News Clips, Monday, March 9, 2020
Public Corruption
Epstein
Prince Andrew 'shut the door' on Epstein probe cooperation: U.S. prosecutor
Reuters
By Brendan Pierson and Mark Hosenball
3/9/2020
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Andrew has declined to cooperate with a U.S. investigation into possible co-
conspirators of deceased financier and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, a U.S. prosecutor said on Monday.
"Contrary to Prince Andrew's very public offer to cooperate with our investigation into Epstein's co-conspirators, an
offer that was conveyed via press release, Prince Andrew has now completely shut the door on voluntary cooperation
and our office is considering its options," U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said when asked about Epstein at a news
conference about an unrelated case.
Berman's spokesman James Margolin declined comment on the options being considered. He said the prince's lawyers
had said Andrew would not submit voluntarily to an interview. He said this was after Jan. 27, when Berman told a news
conference Andrew had not offered any cooperation.
Andrew, 60, had said in a public statement in November that he was stepping down from public duties and would be
willing to help "any appropriate law enforcement agency with their investigations, if required."
A friend of Epstein's, the prince has not been accused of criminal wrongdoing. He has described his association with the
financier as "ill-judged." A spokeswoman for the royal family declined comment.
Clare Montgomery, a senior London barrister who British news reports say represent…
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