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The Trump administration has put pressure on Romanian authorities to lift travel restrictions on self-proclaimed misogynistic influencer Andrew Tate, a U.S. president advocate who faces criminal charges in Bucharest.
Andrew and his brother Tristan Tate Caused by Célèbre After being arrested in Romania in 2022 and charged with trafficking, sexual misconduct and money laundering, and setting up an organized criminal organization on right-wing social media. They deny misconduct.
According to three people familiar with the matter, the problem was said.
A fourth person said a request for a return to the brothers’ passports was filed and allowed to travel while they were waiting for the end of the court lawsuit.
Romanian Foreign Minister Emil Hurezeanu declined to comment on his exchange with Grenell. His spokesman said Hurezeanu initiated the meeting and they “know each other for a long time” because they served as ambassadors in Berlin during their first presidential presidency.
Instead of commenting on their specific discussion, the spokesperson said: “The Romanian courts are independent and operate under the law with due process.”
Grenell said he had “no substantive conversation” with Hurezeanu, who “sees me in the corridor” in Munich and “requests for a meeting”. He added: “I support the Tate Brothers, which is what my publicly available tweets show.”
This month, Grenell wrote on X that Romania is the “latest example” of how the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) pays funds, “weapons and politicians who are not awake.” The Trump administration cuts USDA payments and tries to fire many employees.
USAID plans to weapons against unwaking people and politicians.
The Biden team spent money from U.S. taxpayers to support left-wing programs and candidates around the world.
Conservatives around the world are targeting.
Romania is the latest example. …https://t.co/cmpqyojrzs
— Richard Grenell (@richardgrenell) February 3, 2025
Tristan Tate calls on supporters to find out that “if any USAID travels to Romania to fund any specific legal basis investigation”, which clearly refers to him and his brother’s own case.
Tate Brothers has millions of online followers in “Manosphere,” an online platform for young men who promote male superiority and reject feminism that play a role in Trump’s reelection . Trump allies and former Fox host Tucker Carlson conducted a sympathetic interview with the two brothers, calling on viewers to “make a decision” about them.
Tristan Tate boasted about the role of Brothers X in the U.S. election in November, claiming that “millions of young people in Europe and the United States have a healthy right-wing approach to politics if Andrew Tate ) Never appeared on their phone screen”.
Britain also sought extradition from the brothers after Bedfordshire police obtained an arrest warrant, as part of an investigation into allegations of rape and human trafficking. The Romanian court ruled last year that they could be extraditioned once they made a final decision in the Romanian case.
Last week, a Florida woman filed another civil lawsuit accusing the brother of coercing her to conduct sexual work after seducing her to Romania and accusing her of testifying in Bucharest.
The two recently won a legal victory in Romania after the Court of Appeal returned the case to the lower court. They were also released but were not allowed to leave the country.
“The Tate Brothers remained fully committed to working with the legal team to explore all legal avenues within the framework of the Romanian judicial system,” the brothers said in a written statement.
“Their only focus is to ensure due process is followed and to establish their innocence in the court.”
U.S. Vice President JD Vance last week criticized Romanian authorities for eliminating the presidential election, citing this as an example, saying it was suspected of suppressing right-wing politicians threatening European democracy “from the inside”.
The country’s constitutional court in December said this had taken unprecedented steps because a highly complex social media campaign was “flawed” suspected of being coordinated by Moscow.
Vance said the cancellation of the vote was based on “vulnerable suspicion of intelligence agencies and great pressure on its mainland neighbors.”
The far-right candidate, who believes the cancelled vote, plans to run again in a May replay, sees the vice president’s criticism as a defense. George Cu announced that his campaign chief’s home was attacked by police after he announced he had spent change on his campaign. If a criminal lawsuit is filed against him, the Constitutional Court can dismiss his bid for the presidency.
Georgescu was interviewed Sunday by Mario Nawfal, another “Manosphere” influencer, who described him on X as “the legal president of Romania” who risked being banned from running. He added: “They try to fight against Trump’s exact script.”
