前英国王子安德鲁因涉嫌公职不当行为在英国被捕
作者：伊丽莎白·埃尔金德
福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年2月19日 美国东部时间上午11:14
领导美国众议院对杰弗里·爱泼斯坦调查的高级议员，在英国前王室成员安德鲁·蒙巴顿-温莎被捕后，成为最新一位就此事发声的知名官员。
肯塔基州共和党众议员、众议院监督委员会主席詹姆斯·科默重申了问责的必要性，并赞扬特朗普政府承诺公布其掌握的爱泼斯坦相关信息。
“任何参与杰弗里·爱泼斯坦可怕罪行的人都必须承担责任，”科默在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时表示，“司法部的透明度确保了法律面前人人平等——即使是英国王室成员也不例外。”
美国东部时间周四凌晨，前英国王子安德鲁因涉嫌公职不当行为在英国被捕的消息首次传出。
此前，据英国广播公司（BBC）报道，英国警方称正在调查安德鲁向爱泼斯坦泄露机密信息的指控。
尽管安德鲁否认与爱泼斯坦案有任何不当行为，但多年来他一直是已故恋童癖者爱泼斯坦最知名的关联人之一。
爱泼斯坦最早、最直言不讳的指控者之一弗吉尼亚·吉夫雷在回忆录中称，安德鲁在她未成年时与其发生过性关系。吉夫雷于去年4月自杀身亡。爱泼斯坦2019年在曼哈顿监狱等待审判期间自杀身亡。
南卡罗来纳州共和党众议员南希·梅斯是最早呼吁逮捕安德鲁的美国议员之一，她于2025年10月表示：“如果你看到一位前王子在今天被捕，要记住：四名共和党人拒绝退缩、拒绝妥协，迫使爱泼斯坦相关文件公之于众。”
“勇气会带来后果，腐败也会，”梅斯补充道，她同时也是众议院监督委员会成员。
她是四名与民主党人投票支持强制司法部公布所有与爱泼斯坦案件相关文件的共和党议员之一。随后众议院投票几乎全票通过，仅一名共和党议员投了反对票。
与此同时，众议院监督委员会民主党议员再次呼吁对其他涉嫌与爱泼斯坦有关联的人进行问责。
弗吉尼亚州民主党众议员苏哈斯·苏布拉马尼亚姆表示，安德鲁“在我们发现的文件中多次出现，显然知晓杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的罪行，并且被受害者明确指名为参与不当行为的人”。
“我们希望今天的逮捕能带来答案，并表明无论你如何隐藏，无论你多么富有和有权势，都会受到问责，”他在一份声明中说。
华盛顿州民主党众议员普拉米拉·贾亚帕尔在X平台上写道：“这正是司法部需要采取的问责行动。现在是将罪犯绳之以法的时候了。”
伊丽莎白·埃尔金德是福克斯新闻数字频道的政治记者，负责众议院报道。此前曾在《每日邮报》和哥伦比亚广播公司新闻（CBS News）担任数字专栏作家。
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Epstein probe leader Comer says ‘no one is above the law’ after ex-Prince Andrew arrest
Former Prince Andrew was arrested in the UK on suspicion of misconduct in public office
By Elizabeth Elkind
Fox News
Published February 19, 2026 11:14am EST
The senior lawmaker leading the U.S. House of Representatives investigation of Jeffrey Epstein is the latest high-profile official to sound off on the arrest of former British royal Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., reiterated the need for accountability and lauded the Trump administration’s commitment to releasing its own information on Epstein.
“There must be accountability for anyone who was involved in Jeffrey Epstein’s horrific crimes,” Comer told Fox News Digital. “The Justice Department’s transparency is ensuring that no one is above the law — even British royalty.”
News first broke of the former Prince Andrew’s arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office in the early hours of Thursday morning on the U.S. East Coast.
It comes after a British police department said it was looking into a complaint that Andrew shared confidential information with Epstein, according to the BBC.
While he has denied any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein, Andrew was one of the late pedophile’s most well-known associates through the years.
Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein’s earliest and most vocal accusers, alleged in a memoir that Andrew had sex with her when she was a minor.
Giuffre died of suicide in April of last year. Epstein died of suicide in a Manhattan jail while awaiting trial in 2019.
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., one of the earliest U.S. lawmakers to call for Andrew’s arrest in October 2025, told Fox News Digital, “If you’re watching a former prince get arrested today, remember: four Republicans refused to flinch, refused to fold, and forced the Epstein files into the light.”
“Courage has consequences. So does corruption,” said Mace, also a House Oversight Committee member.
She was one of four House Republicans who voted with Democrats to force a vote on mandating that the Department of Justice (DOJ) release all of its files related to Epstein’s case. The subsequent House vote was nearly unanimous, with just one GOP lawmaker voting against it.
Meanwhile, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee sounded off with renewed calls for accountability for other alleged Epstein associates.
Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., said Andrew “appears repeatedly in the documents we have uncovered as having knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes and is specifically named by victims as someone who engaged in wrongdoing.”
“We hope today’s arrest will lead to answers and show that there will be accountability even if you hide, regardless of how rich and powerful you are,” he said in a statement.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., wrote on X, “This is exactly the kind of accountability we need from the Department of Justice. It’s time to bring the perpetrators to justice.”
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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