Yassamin Ansari says the administration and the Trump family must be pressed over the Tate brothers
Yassamin AnsariU.S. representative from Arizona, posting on X
Rep. Yassamin Ansari wrote on X that she and Raskin are demanding answers from Blanche and Rubio, and that the administration and the Trump family must keep being pressed over what she called their efforts to protect the Tate brothers.
“We must remain vigilant and keep pressing the Administration and the Trump family on their efforts to protect the Tate Brothers.”
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Raskin and Ansari ask Blanche and Rubio about the administration's role in the Tate brothers' cases; Rubio said in July it had no role
Reps. Jamie Raskin and Yassamin Ansari asked Attorney General Todd Blanche and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on October 20, 2026 to disclose any administration involvement in the criminal cases against Andrew and Tristan Tate and to say whether it will honor the United Kingdom's extradition requests. In July, after the brothers were arrested in Miami, Rubio said there was no role for the administration to play, and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt answered no when asked whether it planned to intervene.
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Ansari announces the letter she and Raskin sent to Blanche and Rubio, recalls her July 23 request to House Oversight Chairman James Comer, and says the administration and the Trump family must keep being pressed.
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House Judiciary Committee Democrats' release announcing the Raskin and Ansari letter. It quotes the letter and summarizes the reporting and earlier correspondence the lawmakers cite.
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Ansari's post says she and Raskin are demanding answers from Blanche and Rubio, and that House Oversight Chairman James Comer never responded to her July 23 request to investigate the brothers' ties to the administration.
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The House Judiciary Committee Democrats' release that day says the lawmakers also want to know whether the administration will comply with the United Kingdom's request to extradite the brothers.
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The reference point is the Trump administration's reported actions on the Tate brothers' behalf and whether it will intervene in their criminal cases, including the British extradition requests. Ansari describes the administration and the Trump family as trying to protect the brothers and calls for continued pressure, which criticizes that conduct.
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Read the full caseRaskin and Ansari's letter says they doubt the administration will sit on the sidelines in the Tate brothers' cases
“given the Trump Administration's reported willingness to intervene both internationally and domestically on the Tate brothers' behalf as they face serious criminal charges involving violent crimes and given the failure of any official to provide substantive responses to Ranking Member Raskin's previous correspondence, we remain skeptical that the Administration will sit on the sidelines rather than jump into the game to help the Tates”Read statement
Marco Rubio says there is "no role for us to play" in the Tate brothers' cases
“These cases have a process that they go through in the courts. My understanding is that they're involved in that judicial process, and so that'll play itself out at this point. And there's no role for us to play at this moment, or maybe ever in that regard, but I'm not going to opine on that”Read statement
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