Should Trump pardon Andrew Tate when he wins the 2024 election?

All of which suggests that the US government has gone rogue - influenced by right wing cultists - from the technology industry.

For the unfamiliar, during 2024, the Romanian police expanded their investigation into Andrew Tate to include trafficking minors, sex with a minor, money laundering and witness tampering, with 35 alleged victims. The Tate brothers deny all allegations. In December 2024, a UK court ruled that Devon & Cornwall Police could seize £2.8 million in unpaid taxes from their online businesses. By February 2025, £1.2 million had been recovered, with hopes it would support victims of violence against women and girls.

The US Trump administration is taking an interest in the Andrew Tate and his brother. Setting aside the many other matters, this is a peculiar thing for a US president to be spending time on in their first month in office.

Unde non omnis quia ut et magni ea.

My thanks to additional reporting by the Financial Times.

The Trump administration has pressured Romania officials to lift travel restrictions on Andrew Tate, who faces criminal charges in Bucharest. Reportedly, US officials first raised the case in a call with the Romanian government, followed by President Trump’s envoy Richard Grenell at the February 2025 Munich Security Conference. The Tate brothers recently won an appeal, sending their case back to a lower court, and were released from house arrest but remain unable to leave Romania.

While at the February 2025 Munich conference, the US Vice President - James D Vance - also criticised Romania for annulling an election, claiming a crackdown on right-wing politicians.

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