“如果他违反了美国法律，那绝对应该（在美国受审）。”佛罗里达州共和党参议员里克·斯科特在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时表示。
斯科特发表上述言论之际，有消息称与已故恋童癖者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦存在关联的前英国王子安德鲁（现称安德鲁·蒙巴顿-温莎）周四因涉嫌公职不当行为在英国被捕。
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佛罗里达州共和党参议员里克·斯科特表示，前王子安德鲁周四因涉嫌公职不当行为在英国被捕，若其与杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的关联导致违反任何美国法律，他“绝对应该”在美国受审。（Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty Images）
据美联社报道，英国当局正调查安德鲁·蒙巴顿-温莎在十余年前担任英国贸易特使期间，是否曾与爱泼斯坦共享机密贸易信息。
尽管安德鲁是爱泼斯坦最知名的同伙之一，但他否认与爱泼斯坦案存在不当行为。此外，爱泼斯坦案最知名受害者之一、已故的弗吉尼亚·吉夫雷斯在其回忆录中指控安德鲁在她未成年时与其发生性关系。
国会推动司法部公开数百万份与爱泼斯坦相关的文件（即“爱泼斯坦档案”）后，涉及爱泼斯坦的同谋者及关联人员名单持续扩大。
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2025年4月20日，前王子安德鲁在英国温莎圣乔治教堂参加复活节仪式。他于2025年10月失去王子头衔。（Samir Hussein/WireImage/Getty Images）
然而，针对与爱泼斯坦存在关联者的刑事诉讼仍寥寥无几，因为档案中出现的名字并不直接等同于刑事指控。斯科特强调：“如果有人违法，就应依法受到全面起诉。”
“爱泼斯坦的所作所为令人发指，”斯科特表示，“我无法想象那些在爱泼斯坦首次定罪后仍与其保持关系的人。如果他们有错，就应承担责任。我不知道安德鲁王子是否有错，但所有犯错者都应被问责。你所读到的那些年轻女孩遭遇的事情……我有两个女儿和一个孙女，无法想象爱泼斯坦及其他人把这些年轻女性置于何种境地。”
去年，参议院以全票通过一项法案，总统唐纳德·特朗普签署后要求司法部公开所有与已故金融家及其同伙吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦相关的未分类记录、文件、通讯及调查材料，并以“可检索、可下载的格式”向公众开放。
[斯塔默呼吁安德鲁前王子在最新爱泼斯坦档案公布后接受国会质询]
2026年2月12日，纽约州民主党参议员、参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默在华盛顿特区美国国会大厦举行的新闻发布会上发言。（Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images）
大量未删节文件曝光了包括美国商务部长霍华德·卢特尼克在内的多名美国知名人士的名字。
当被问及卢特尼克或其他人是否应承担后果时，南达科他州共和党参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩本月早些时候表示：“透明是我们都应追求的目标。如果有人在文件中被提及或涉及，他们必须为此负责。”
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数百万份档案公开数月后，司法部长帕姆·邦迪本周早些时候宣布司法部已完成全部文件的公开。但议员们认为这还不够。
纽约州民主党参议员、参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默指责司法部对爱泼斯坦档案的处理“是一场闹剧”。
“但法国巴黎检察官办公室根据新解密文件中的线索已启动两项调查，英国也因爱泼斯坦关联问题逮捕了前王子安德鲁。美国何时才能实现正义？”舒默在社交平台X上发文称。
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字频道驻美国参议院记者。
A top Senate Republican demanded that if former Prince Andrew is found to have broken American laws with respect to his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, he should stand trial in the U.S.
“If he’s violated American law, absolutely,” Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., told Fox News Digital.
Scott’s comments came after the news that the former prince, now Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who is linked to the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office in the United Kingdom Thursday.
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Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., said former Prince Andrew, who was arrested under suspicion of misconduct in public office in the United Kingdom Thursday, should “absolutely” stand trial in the U.S. if he is found to have broken any American laws with his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.(Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
British authorities were reportedly investigating whether Mountbatten-Windsor had shared confidential trade information with Epstein while acting as Britain’s special envoy for trade over a decade ago, The Associated Press reported.
Mountbatten-Windsor has denied any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein despite being one of his most well-known associates. He was also accused by the late Virginia Giuffre — one of Epstein’s most prominent accusers — in her memoir of having sex with her when she was a minor.
The list of co-conspirators and those connected to Epstein continues to grow after Congress’ move to force the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release millions of documents related to him known as the “Epstein Files.”
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The former Prince Andrew attends the Easter service at St. George’s Chapel April 20, 2025, in Windsor, England. He lost his princely title in October.(Samir Hussein/WireImage/Getty Images)
But criminal action against those alleged to have ties with Epstein has remained scarce, given that appearing in the files doesn’t directly translate to criminal charges. Scott argued that if people “violate the law, you should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.”
“It’s as simple as that. It’s despicable what Epstein did,” Scott said. “I can’t imagine these people who had relationships with Epstein, especially after he was convicted the first time, and they kept their relationship.
“If they’ve done anything wrong, they should be held accountable,” he continued. “I don’t know if Prince Andrew has done anything wrong, but everybody who has should be held accountable. What you read that happened to these young girls is just like — I’ve got two daughters, I’ve got a granddaughter, and I can’t imagine, you know, the position that Epstein and, it seems like, some other people put these young women in.”
The Senate voted unanimously last year in favor of legislation that President Donald Trump signed into law that required the DOJ to release all unclassified records, documents, communications and investigative materials “publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format” related to the late financier and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Feb. 12, 2026.(Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Several names of prominent Americans, including Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, were revealed in the trove of unredacted documents.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., when asked if Lutnick or others should face consequences, said earlier this month that “transparency is something we all ought to aspire to here.”
“And if there are folks who are, you know, named in there or discussed in there in some way, they’re going to have to answer for that,” Thune said.
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Millions of files and a handful of months later, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced earlier this week that the DOJ had unloaded all the documents. But lawmakers have said it’s not enough.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., charged that the DOJ’s handling of the Epstein files “is a travesty.”
“But in France, the Paris prosecutor’s office just opened two investigations based on new leads from the released files,” Schumer said on X. “And in Britain, former Prince Andrew has been arrested over ties to Epstein. When will there be justice in America?”
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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