Romanian minister contradicts US prints because of Andrew Tate

Romanian minister contradicts US prints because of Andrew Tate

Bucharest-The Romanian Foreign Minister said that he was not put under pressure by the special sentence of US President Donald Trump, the restrictions for the social media influencer Andrew Tate . Tate is faced with criminal allegations because of human trafficking, although the topic was discussed in discussions.

talks between US representatives and Romanian government

As the Financial Times reported on Monday, US officials brought the case of Tate and his brother Tristan. Both are former kickboxers with double US and British citizenship. Trump’s special envoy Richard Grenell came into contact with Foreign Minister Emil Hurezeanu after the conversations during the Munich Security Conference and asked the brothers to return their passports to travel to them during ongoing legal proceedings.

legal matters and allegations

The brothers are held by a crime -related examination that refers to the establishment of an organized criminal group, human trafficking, the trade with minors, sexual intercourse with minors and money laundering, to leave Romania. You rejected all allegations.

Tate, the suspect, which is most in the spotlight, who is on trial due to human trafficking in Romania, was excluded from almost all social media before taking X by Elon Musk, who is now acting as a consultant of Trump. His accounts were restored after the takeover.

statements by the Romanian Foreign Minister

Hurezeanu told Euronews on Tuesday and reported on an informal conversation with Grenell in a hallway during the Munich conference. He quoted Grenell with the words that he was still interested in the fate of the Tate brothers. "I did not find this statement as pressure, but only as a repetition of a known statement," emphasized Hurezeanu.

"I don't know which other means of printing were exercised before or after, but what I discussed with Mr. Grenell was friendly, informal, short, non -binding and I definitely did not notice any form of printing."

Current state of the legal disputes

A first criminal trial against the act and his brother failed in December when a court in Bucharest decided not to start the process due to defects in the indictment. In January, a Romanian dish raised the house arrest against the act and replaced it with a milder preventive measure. In October, a court decided that he should recover his confiscated luxury cars worth around 4 million euros ($ 4.43 million) until the investigation has been completed.

criticism of European politics

in Munich, US Vice President JD Vance made sharp criticism of the European governments last week, which in his opinion censor freedom of expression and political opponents. He specifically mentioned the cancellation of the Romanian presidential elections based on what he described as a flimsy evidence.

The Supreme Court of Romania ordered a repetition of the ballot after the suspicion of Russian interference in favor of the unforeseen first round winner, the pro -Russian right -radical Calin Georgescu, arose. Russia rejected all allegations of interference in the Romanian elections.