US Rep. Ro Khanna said he expects King Charles to address the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein during his address to Congress today – though the palace has not confirmed he will do so.
“I met with the British ambassador. The British ambassador has suggested that the king will acknowledge the Epstein survivors in his address to Congress today,” Khanna, a California Democrat, said.
“I hope his flunkies don’t take out the acknowledgement from his text and I fully expect the king to be acknowledging the survivors and the Epstein survivors when he speaks to our nation and Congress this afternoon,” Khanna said.
The palace has not indicated publicly that Charles will address Epstein survivors in his remarks set for this afternoon.
CNN has reached out to the British embassy for comment.
Khanna, who was behind the push to release the Epstein files publicly, is convening survivors of the late sex offender’s abuse for a roundtable Tuesday to give them an opportunity to share their stories ahead of the king’s visit to Capitol Hill.
The California Democrat previously requested that the king meet with the survivors directly.
“I thought the king owed that to the survivors given his brother’s serious allegations of abuse, and I thought it would have been an incredible moment and statement to show that it doesn’t matter how much wealth you have, how much power you have, no human being is dispensable,” Khanna said. “The survivors deserve justice.”
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has previously denied any wrongdoing related to Epstein and said that he never witnessed or suspected any of the behavior of which the sex offender was accused.
CNN’s Dalia Abdelwahab contributed to this report.
This post has been updated with additional information.
