Marco Rubio says there is "no role for us to play" in the Tate brothers' cases
Marco RubioU.S. secretary of state, answering a reporter's question in the Philippines
Asked about the Tate brothers' arrests, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the cases were going through the courts, that there was no role for the administration to play at this moment or maybe ever, and that he would not give an opinion.
“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”
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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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NBC 6 South Florida report on Secretary of State Marco Rubio's answer to a reporter's question about the Tates' arrests, given at meetings with Southeast Asian foreign ministers in the Philippines. It also describes the brothers' July 18 arrest in Miami, their court appearance and the unsealed complaints.
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Rubio first said he did not know the details of the case because he had been overseas, though he knew who the reporter was asking about.
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The brothers had been arrested in Miami the previous Saturday and appeared in federal court on Monday, and their attorney said they planned to fight extradition to the United Kingdom.
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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. Rubio points to the court process, says the administration has no role to play at this moment, and declines to give an opinion, so he stays out of the question rather than defending or criticizing any involvement.
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