Federal investigators examined Jeffrey Epstein’s relationship with a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer who worked at the St Thomas airport, newly released documents reveal. The officer was stationed at the airport to which the late convicted sex offender flew regularly by private plane before travelling by boat or helicopter to his private island.
As part of that investigation, which did not result in any charges, investigators issued subpoenas related to three additional CBP officers working at the Cyril E King airport on St Thomas. The Guardian also identified two other CBP officers on St Thomas and in Florida who were in contact with Epstein, based on emails and text messages between Epstein, his staff and the officers. It does not appear the FBI ever investigated those two officers.
No CBP officer was ever charged for crimes related to Epstein, and the Guardian has not seen any evidence to suggest that CBP officers had direct knowledge or involvement in Epstein’s crimes. The arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on suspicion of misconduct in public office in the UK has prompted calls in the US demanding accountability for those linked to the late sex offender.
Kentucky’s Republican representative, Thomas Massie, who co-sponsored legislation with California’s Democratic representative, Ro Khanna, to compel the justice department to release millions of files related to Epstein, called for action in the US. He urged the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, and the FBI director, Kash Patel, “to act”, adding: “Now we need JUSTICE in the United States.”
Responding to the arrest, Skye Roberts, the brother of the late Virginia Giuffre, said: “The reality is the UK is doing far more.” One of Epstein’s survivors, Marijke Chartouni, said: “If only the US justice department acted as decisively. It took British police less than three weeks from the release of the latest tranche of Epstein files to arrest Andrew, making Pam Bondi and Kash Patel look increasingly inept.”
