Firebrand Nancy Mace is demanding that Prince Andrew be thrown in prison for his alleged involvement with Jeffrey Epstein.
‘Now seems like a good time to discuss prosecuting Prince Andrew for any and all potential crimes on U.S. soil,’ the South Carolina congresswoman wrote on X Wednesday.
‘A cold dark cell. Prince Andrew in handcuffs. Sends the right message,’ Mace, 47, wrote in another post.
The lawmaker penned several posts regarding the British royal family member, who has long been dogged by allegations that he had sordid connections to Epstein, who was found dead in his jail cell in 2019 while awaiting his federal sex trafficking trial.
Virginia Giuffre, one of the most identifiable Epstein accusers, was allegedly sexually assaulted by Prince Andrew when she was 17.
The royal has repeatedly denied the allegations and has claimed he has ‘no recollection’ of ever meeting Giuffre, despite an infamous picture showing the pair smiling together with Epstein’s girlfriend and accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, in the background.
While Andrew has settled a civil suit involving an undisclosed sum without admitting wrongdoing, he has never been criminally charged in connection with the Epstein case. Prince Andrew has said he lost touch with Epstein after 2010, though recent reports allege their relationship lasted much longer.
Giuffre died by suicide in April at her home in Australia.
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., called for Prince Andrew to be thrown in jail for his ‘potential crimes on U.S. soil’ after meeting with survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse this week
Prince Andrew smiling as he stands with his left arm around the waist of a young Virginia Roberts (now Virginia Giuffre). It is alleged to have been taken in early 2001. Ghislaine Maxwell stands behind. Prince Andrew has denied allegations he abused Giuffre and said he has no recollection of ever meeting her
But her brother, Sky Roberts, and other Epstein survivors spoke to lawmakers this week on Capitol Hill about their abuse.
Mace, a survivor of abuse herself, left a House Oversight Committee meeting with some of the survivors crying this week.
In the closed-door meeting on Tuesday, the survivors detailed their abuse and called on lawmakers to help enact reforms to protect children from trafficking.
Mace left early, sobbing, and later wrote that she had a panic attack after listening to the survivors recount their mistreatment.
‘As a recent survivor (not 2 years in), I had a very difficult time listening to their stories. Full blown panic attack. Sweating. Hyperventilating. Shaking. I can’t breathe,’ the Republican wrote in a statement after the meeting.
Mace has been one of the few Republicans who support a bipartisan bill to force the Department of Justice to publish nearly all of its documents relating to the late pedophile.
Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., introduced a discharge petition this week to force the House of Representatives to vote on the measure.
Most House Democrats have signed the petition, including a few select Republicans, including Massie, Mace, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert.
Activists demanded that Congress release additional Epstein files on Wednesday at a rally outside the Capitol
Sky Roberts, Virginia Giuffre’s brother, called on lawmakers to side with survivors and release all the government’s Epstein-related files at a rally on Wednesday
This effort comes despite President Donald Trump calling the issue a hoax.
‘As a survivor, I stand with victims demanding justice and full transparency. I also just signed the discharge petition to ensure the full truth comes out,’ Mace wrote in another social media post on Wednesday.
The Department of Justice handed over 34,000 pages worth of Epstein documents to the House Oversight Committee last month after the panel subpoenaed the Trump administration for the files.
The GOP-led committee publicly released around 33,300 of those pages on Tuesday.
Democrats on the panel, however, have said that many of the files are not new and have been previously reported.
The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee told the Daily Mail on Wednesday that the CIA and other government agencies may still have files on the late financier that have not been given to Congress.
Massie and Khanna’s bill, if passed, would likely force Attorney General Pam Bondi and the DOJ to release more documents than they already have.
Neither Mace’s office nor the Buckingham Palace press office returned a request for comment.
