House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., speaks to reporters after a closed-door deposition with Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend and confidante of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9, 2026. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
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.
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Giuffre died of suicide in April of last year. Epstein died of suicide in a Manhattan jail while awaiting trial in 2019.
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were both indicted on federal sex trafficking charges stemming from Epstein's years of abuse of underage girls. (Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
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."
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"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."
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