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Trump's administration pushed the Romanian authorities to raise travel restrictions on the self -written misogynic influence of Andrew Tate, the champion of the US President who faces criminal charges in Bucharez.
Andrew and his brother Tristan Tate who are dual American and British nationals have become glorious cause In the real social media, after being arrested in Romania in 2022 and accused of trading in people, sexual abuse and money washing, as well as establishing an organized crime. Have denied unlawful conduct.
The Tates case was first brought up by US telephone calls with the Romanian government last week, followed by a special ambassador to Trump Richard Grenell when he met the Romanian Foreign Minister at the Munich Security Conference, according to three people who are familiar with them.
The fourth person stated that they were asked to return the passports of the brothers and allowed them to travel while waiting to conclude court proceedings.
Romanian Foreign Minister Emil Huresan refused to comment on his exchange with Grenell. His spokesman said that Huresan had launched a meeting and that they had “met for a long time” because they both served as ambassadors in Berlin during the first Presidency of Trump.
The spokesman did not comment on their specific discussions, but said, “Romanian courts are independent and operate on the basis of the law, there is a proper process.”
Grenell said he had no “essential conversation” with Huresanu, which he denied. “He saw me in the hallway” in Munich and “asked for a meeting”, but there was no further meeting with the result, Grenell said. “I support Tate Brothers, as is evident with its publicly available tweets,” he added.
This month Grenell wrote on x The fact that Romania was a “latest example” as the funds paid by the US Agency for International Development (USA) “armed against people and politicians who were not awakened”. Trump Administration reduced USAID payments and Tried to fire Many of his employees.
USAID programs were armed against people and politicians who were not awakened.
The Biden team spent us a taxpayer's money to support left wing programs and candidates around the world.
Conservatives around the world were focused.
Romania is the latest example… https://t.co/cmpqyojrzs
– Richard Grenell (@richardgrenell) 3 February 2025
Tristan Tate called on supporters to find out “if a USAID went to Romania to finance any specific investigation of the base” – in an apparent reference to his own and his brother.
The Tate brothers have millions of online followers in the “manosphere” -Online platforms focused on young men who support male superiority and reject feminism-kirty played a role in Trump's re-election. Tucker Carlson, Trump Ally and former Fox Anchor, conducted sympathetic interviews with both brothers and urged the audience to “create their own minds.”
Tristan Tate boast x In November, the role of brothers in the American elections and the claim that “millions of young men in Europe and the US have a healthy access to a politics that Andrew Tate never appeared on their telephone screens”.
The United Kingdom is also looking for the release of brothers after the police in Bedfordshire received an arrest warrant in the investigation of charges of rape trading and people. The Romanian Court ruled last year that they could be issued as soon as the final decision was in their case Romania.
The independent Civil Court was filed last week in Florida, who claimed that the brothers had forced her to sexual work after she lured her to Romania and accused them of defaming when she was testified against them in Bucharest.
The couple recently provided a legal victory in Romania after the appellate court sent its case back to prosecutors. They were also released from home arrests, but they must not leave the country.
“The Tate brothers remain fully devoted to cooperation with their legal team to explore every legal way available within the Romanian court system,” the brothers said in a written statement.
“Their only focus is to ensure that the proper process is observed and that their innocence is set in court.”
USA Vice -President JD Vance last week pulled out For the Romanian authorities for the abolition of the presidential elections, as an example of alleged intervention against right -wing politicians who threaten European democracy “from within”.
The country's Constitutional Court stated in December that it took an unprecedented step because the electoral process was a “defective” highly sophisticated social media The campaign suspicious of being coordinated by Moscow.
Vance said that the abolition of the vote was based on the “poor suspicion of a news agency and the huge pressure of her continental neighbors”.
The criticism of the US Vice President was considered justification Calin Georgescuwho plans to run again in May. The home of his campaign was attacked by the police last week after Georgescu said he had spent zero money on his election campaign. If criminal proceedings are against it, the Constitutional Court could dismiss its offer for the Presidency.
Georgescu was interviewed on Sunday by another influence of the “manifesty”, Mario Nawfal, who described him on x As a “Romanian legitimate president” who risked that running would be forbidden. “The exact playing book they tried against Trump,” he added.
