Tweaking the Scales
Britain’s Prince Andrew has provided “zero cooperation” to the American investigators who want to interview him as part of their sex trafficking probe into Jeffrey Epstein, a U.S. prosecutor said Monday. Speaking at a news conference outside Epstein’s New York mansion, U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said prosecutors and the FBI had contacted Andrew’s lawyers and asked to interview him. “To date, Prince Andrew has provided zero cooperation,” said Berman, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan.
Buckingham Palace declined to comment.
At a news conference outside Epstein’s New York mansion? Why is that? And why was there a news conference at all? Aren't there well-worn pathways for the wagon wheels of justice to follow? Procedures and policies? Cautious and constitutionally sensitive routines to pursue in investigations?
Or is this just Schiff-like tropism, seeking the light of the camera?
It sounds like more, more than just self-aggrandizing or an hour to make the wife proud. Outside Epstein’s New York mansion? It sounds like a planned effort to garner publicity. The Feds are doing publicity stunts?
Putting aside the theoretical problems of influencing potential jurors, is this what we want? Having the Feds scrounging some downtime in the very free press to hype an investigation? Or, as Chris argues, is the system--and the Press--so corrupt and in thrall to political and financial interest that Justice needs the help?
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