They Hoped King Charles Would Address Them In His Speech To Congress. He Didn't.

WASHINGTON ― King Charles did not acknowledge survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking ring in his Tuesday speech to Congress, despite a Democratic congressman saying he was told the king would do so.

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) told HuffPost earlier Tuesday that he “fully expected” the king to address survivors of Epstein’s abuse. He said he recently met with the British ambassador, who told him the king would address them.

But the king ― whose own brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, is tied up in the Epstein scandal ― ultimately said nothing.

“It’s very disappointing after the British Ambassador told me that the King would talk about the survivors and sex trafficking,” Khanna told HuffPost in a statement after the speech ended. “The King’s failure to acknowledge the pain his brother had caused is a moral failure and emblematic of an elite impunity that is an ongoing affront to survivors.”

The closest King Charles came to addressing the topic was a vague reference to people being “victims” of the ills of both American and British societies. He also talked about the importance of generally holding government officials accountable, but avoided drawing any clear connection to Epstein’s crimes.