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Virginia may not have been only woman trafficked to Andrew, says US congressman

Jeffrey Epstein may have trafficked more women to Andrew Mountbatten Windsor than solely Virginia Giuffre, a US politician claimed last night. Congressman Suhas Subramanyam, who is taking part in an inquiry into the so-called Epstein Files, a list of the convicted paedophile’s alleged clients, told The Mail on Sunday that ‘brave survivors of Epstein’ had given testimony about the former Duke of York and ‘other powerful men’. Mr Subramanyam, who sits on Congress’s House Oversight Committee, which is conducting the probe, told The Mail on Sunday: ‘We have reason to believe that there are others who may have been trafficked to Andrew. ‘Many of the survivors came to Capitol Hill and we spoke to them. They’ve been so courageous and gave us very valuable information as far as where to look.’ The congressman sent a letter to Andrew last week, signed by himself and 15 other Democratic members of the committee, demanding that he testify under oath about what he knew about Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring. It comes after the MoS revealed last month that Epstein introduced Andrew to a second woman who had been sexually abused for years by the financier, who killed himself in jail in 2019. The woman was introduced to Andrew by email on August 11, 2010, and may have met him in London that month. Epstein wrote: ‘I have a friend who I think you might enjoy having dinner with.’ Andrew replied: ‘Would be delighted to see her. Please give her my contact details.’ It is not known whether the woman met him. Her legal representatives have declined to comment. Mrs Giuffre who took her own life in April, claimed she was trafficked to the disgraced former royal for sex three times when she was 17. Andrew has always vehemently denied her claims. He settled a civil case brought by Mrs Giuffre for a reported £12million, with no admission of wrongdoing. Last night, Mr Subramanyam said the problems facing Andrew – who was formally stripped of all his titles last week – may only just be beginning. He said Congress now intends to invite Andrew’s former royal protection officers to testify about what they saw, and was keen to speak to his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, who could also be called to testify under oath. Epstein’s estate is ‘fully co-operating’ with the inquiry, and on Friday handed over 17,000 documents relating to his financial records. Mr Subramanyam said: ‘The reason we went after those financial documents is because the victims told us to. They said we should follow the money – the accounts and financial activities tell the story of the sex-trafficking and criminal behaviour of Jeffrey Epstein.’ Asked what he would say to Andrew, he said: ‘If he has nothing to hide and did nothing wrong, as he alleges, then he should have no problem coming before us and telling his side. Even if he doesn’t come and tell us what he knows we will find the documents. We will get to the bottom of this.’ But a source told the MoS that Andrew would not testify voluntarily under oath, adding: ‘If he does he opens himself up to possible criminal charges. There is not a hope in hell of him appearing before Congress.’ The Mail on Sunday has led the way in exposing Andrew’s links to Epstein, and last night Mr Subramanyam praised our ‘outstanding’ journalism and said his committee included one of the emails we uncovered – in which Andrew tells Epstein ‘we’re in this together’ – in the letter sent last week. This newspaper’s revelations that Andrew gave Mrs Giuffre’s social security number to his personal protection officer prompted a Metropolitan Police investigation. We spoke to another retired royal protection officer who accompanied Andrew on his infamous December 2010 trip to New York. He told us: ‘If Congress wants to speak to me then Congress can speak to me.’ Andrew’s conduct will be debated by MPs for the first time this week. He did not respond to a request for comment last night.