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The Trump administration pressed the Romanian authorities to raise travel restrictions on the effect of self -described women Andrew Tate, the hero of the American president who faces criminal charges in Bucharest.

Andrew and his brother Treist Tate, who are citizens of the United States and the United Kingdom, became Well -off On right -wing social media after his arrest in Romania in 2022 and was charged with human trafficking, sexual misconduct and money laundering, in addition to the start of the organized crime group. They denied committing any violations.

The Tates case arose for the first time by US officials in a phone call with the Romanian government last week, then followed by Trump’s special envoy Richard Greenil when he met the Romanian Foreign Minister at the Munich Security Conference, according to three people who were aware of the issue.

A fourth person said that a request was submitted to return the brothers’ passports and allow them to travel while waiting for the court’s procedures.

Romanian Foreign Minister Emile Heriziano refused to comment on his exchange with Greenil. His spokesman said that Herizian started the meeting and that they “knew each other for a long time” because they served ambassadors in Berlin during the first Trump presidency.

The spokesperson did not comment on their specific discussions, but he said: “The Roman courts are independent and operate on the basis of the law, and there are legal procedures.”

Greenil said that he “has no fundamental conversation” with Heriziano, who “saw me in the hallway” in Munich and “requesting a meeting”. He added: “I support Tate Brothers as it is clear through the tweets available to the public.”

This month Greenil Books on x Romania was “another example” on how the money spent by the United States Agency for International Development (the United States Agency for International Development), whose weapons were “against the persons and politicians who have not woke up.” The Trump administration cut off the US Agency for International Development’s payments Shoot Many of its employees.

Tittistan Tate called on supporters to discover “if any American Agency for International Development goes to Romania to finance any specific base investigations” – in a clear reference to his brother’s issues.

Tate Brothers has millions of online followers in “Manosphere”-online platforms targeting young people who boost male superiority and reject feminism-who played a role in the re-election of Trump. Taker Carlson, Trump’s ally and former Fox’s announcer, made sympathetic interviews with the two brothers, and called the viewers to “make their decision.”

Tittistan Tate Pride on X In November about the role of the brothers in the American elections, claiming that “millions of young people in Europe and the United States of America have a right -wing health approach to policy that they had not had Andrew Tate on their phone screens.”

The United Kingdom is also seeking to hand over the brothers after the police in Bedfordshire obtained an arrest warrant as part of an investigation into allegations of rape and human trafficking. A Romanian court ruled last year that it could be delivered as soon as there is a final decision in their case Romania.

A separate civil lawsuit was filed last week by a woman in Florida, who claimed that the brothers were approved in sexual work after he attracted her to Romania and accused them of distorting her after she witnessed against them in Bucharest.

The couple recently obtained a legal victory in Romania, after the Court of Appeal sent his case to the lower court. They were also released from the arrest of the house, but they are not allowed to leave the country.

The brothers said in a written statement: “The TATE brothers remain completely dedicated to work alongside their legal team to explore every legal means available within the framework of the Romania judicial system.”

“Their only focus is to ensure that legal procedures are followed and that their innocence has been established in a legal court.”

US Vice President JD Vance last week criticize In the Roman authorities to cancel presidential elections, an example of an alleged campaign against right -wing politicians threatening the democracy of Europe “from within.”

The country’s constitutional court said in December that it took the unprecedented step because the electoral process was “defective” by very sophisticated. Social media A campaign suspected of being coordinated by Moscow.

Vans said that the cancellation of the vote was based on “flimsy doubts of an intelligence agency and a tremendous pressure from its continental neighbors.”

The criticism of the US Vice President was seen as justification by the extreme right -wing candidate who issued a canceled voting, Calin GeorgscoWhoever plans to run again in May. The police raided the head of his campaign last week after Georgasco announced that he had spent zero money in his campaign. If criminal procedures are brought against him, the Constitutional Court can refuse to present it to the presidency.

On Sunday, Georgsco was interviewed by another influence Description on x As the “Legitimate President of Romania”, who risked the ban from running. He added, “The careful play book they tried against Trump,” he added.