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AXIOS (Josephine Walker) - From London to Seoul, global leaders face legal trouble after scandals

Photos: Getty Images and Wikimedia Commons; Chart: Axios Visuals The global political elite reeled on Thursday after authorities arrested former Prince Andrew over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein and sentenced ousted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to life in prison for insurrection. Why it matters: Dominoes keep falling for global leaders from the Epstein files and other hot-button situations while critics call for more accountability in the U.S. - The fallout from the release of the files has created a persistent political headache for federal officials. Here are some of the high-profile political figures who've recently faced repercussions: United Kingdom Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, ranks among…

AXIOS (Alex Isenstadt) - Epstein revelations spur calls to scrape Lutnick's name from college library

Haverford College students and alumni are calling on the school to remove Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick 's name from its library after revelations about Lutnick's ties to the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Why it matters: It follows reports that Lutnick — a 1983 Haverford graduate and the suburban Philadelphia school's largest single donor — communicated with Epstein years after Epstein had been convicted of procuring a child for prostitution. - Lutnick said in a 2025 podcast interview that he had cut ties with Epstein in 2005, three years before Epstein's conviction in a Florida state court. - But recently released Justice Department documents indicate that Lutnick and members of his family had lunch with Epstein on a boat at…