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David James

US diplomat reportedly secretly flown out of UK after being linked to ‘crimes against children,’ British MP furious, ‘police were not informed’

A British MP has accused US authorities of secretly flying an unnamed diplomat accused of child sexual offences out of the country. In an official letter to the British Secretary of State for Justice, Nick Timothy MP alleged that the US authorities actively worked to block British cops from making an arrest.

Timothy references “reports that an American diplomat accused of child sex offences was secretly removed from the country by US authorities” and says, “there is a serious risk that this person could have committed crimes against children in this country, and might have been in touch with child sex offencers.

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