The Tate Brothers Hope To Play Trump Card To Avoid Charges. He Doesn’t Seem Interested In Helping

The Trump administration has no plans to block the extradition of the Tate brothers to the United Kingdom following their arrest in Miami on sex-crime charges, according to a new report.

Axios reported that the Justice Department indicated in court papers that Secretary of State Marco Rubio had “sole discretion” on whether to intervene in the case. A DOJ official told the outlet that Rubio “has not spoken to the Tate Brothers or their lawyers. The State Department has no plans to act on this matter at this time.”

Andrew Tate, 39, and his brother Tristan Tate, 38, are well-known influencers within the so-called manosphere. They have promoted a version of masculinity and a view of women that they themselves have said is misogynistic. As a result, the pair have found themselves banned from many social media platforms.

The brothers have repeatedly faced criminal and civil allegations, including in Romania and the UK. The pair were most recently living in Miami. On July 19, the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service announced new charges against the brothers leading to their arrest in Miami.

Andrew Tate was charged with seven counts of rape, three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation, three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and 19 additional charges for offenses relating to indecent images of a child and extreme pornography.

Tristan Tate was charged with one count of sexual assault, two counts of rape and three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation.

Those charges come on top of 21 previously filed charges in the UK. The new charges relate to incidents that prosecutors say happened between 2010 and 2017.

“These charging decisions followed receipt of a further file of evidence from Bedfordshire Police and bring the total number of alleged victims in this case to seven,” UK prosecutors said. “The (Crown Prosecution Service) has requested the extradition of the Tates from the US. They have been arrested and await extradition proceedings to the UK.”

There had been speculation that the Trump administration might intervene and attempt to prevent the extradition of the brothers back to the UK. There attorney, attorney Joe McBride, implored action be taken calling the charges against the Tate’s “politically motivated,” Axios reported.

The administration reportedly does not plan to intervene. “The U.S. has an extradition treaty with the U.K. and the administration intends to honor it in this case,” a senior administration official told Axios.

“Marco thinks these guys are scum,” Axios quoted an anonymous source. “Now if the president overrules him, which I don’t think is likely, he’s got a problem.”