Prince Andrew hires 'formidable' lawyer amid FBI probe into ...

Prince Andrew hires 'formidable' lawyer amid FBI probe

into Jeffrey Epstein links

By Lee Brown

New York Post - March 8, 2020 | 1:13pm

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Prince Andrew has hired Britain's “most formidable”

extradition lawyer to protect him against an FBI inquiry into his

late pedophile pal Jeffrey Epstein, according to reports.

The Duke of York was publicly slammed by US

authorities in January for repeatedly failing to cooperate with

the ongoing investigation into Epstein's alleged sex trafficking

ring.

He is still so worried about being forced to talk, he is

now hiring an “eminent team of lawyers” to “fend off” the FBI,

according to the Daily Telegraph.

The 60-year-old royal's legal team is led by Clare

Montgomery, one of the UK's leading extradition lawyers who

has represented world leaders, including former dictator

Augusto Pinochet, the Telegraph says.

Montgomery charges $1,300-an-hour and has been

described as “the most formidable member of the bar,” the

Telegraph said, referring to a chamber of the British legal

system.

Andrew also directly hired Gary Bloxsome, a criminal

defense solicitor who works international cases — and is a

crisis-management specialist, the Telegraph says. “He's as

sharp as a blade, he's absolutely brilliant,” one acquaintance

told the paper.

Assembling the team shows just how “hugely

seriously” the duke is taking the threat of legal moves to make

him talk, says the Telegraph, which believes it is the first time

the royal family has needed to use such a powerful team of

criminal lawyers.

Andrew was forced to step down from royal duties last

November over his disastrous attempts to justify his ongoing

friendship with Epstein even after he was convicted of sex

crimes.

The royal has however always vehemently denied

knowing about Epstein's depraved behavior. He also denies

knowing Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who says she was made to

have sex with the prince three times, starting when she was just

17.

Epstein, 66, hanged himself in a Lower Manhattan

lockup Aug. 10 while awaiting trial on federal! sex trafficking

charges.

Buckingham Palace told The Sun it does not represent

Andrew as he is no longer a working royal.

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