Police have decided not to take further action against four
men arrested for projecting an image of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein onto
Windsor Castle.
The political campaign group Led By Donkeys pulled the hoax during Trump's historic second state visit on September 16 in an effort to highlight the US president's longstanding friendship with Epstein.
Along with displaying images of Epstein's victims, TV footage from the case, and police files, the castle also displayed a letter that the US president reportedly wrote to Epstein.
On suspicion of "offenses including vicious dispatches and public nuisance," two males from London, aged 36 and 50, a 60- year-old man from East Sussex, and a 37- time-old man from Kent were taken into guardianship.
Thames Valley police, however, announced on Wednesday that the disquisition was over and that no further action would be taken.
A Led By Donkeys spokesperson said:
“It’s good the police now accept it’s not illegal to project a film about Donald Trump’s close relationship with America’s most notorious child sex trafficker on to a wall.
The fact they didn’t come to that obvious conclusion on the night makes it look suspiciously like political policing.
We’re happy police resources can now be redirected to investigating Prince Andrew.”
Trump’s relationship with Epstein has come under renewed scrutiny in recent months after the release by US lawmakers of documents including an alleged letter from Trump to the disgraced financier to celebrate his 50th birthday.
The letter that was projected on to Windsor Castle contains text of a purported dialogue between Trump and Epstein in which Trump calls him a “pal” and says:
“May every day be another wonderful secret.”
A crude doodle of a nude woman's silhouette surrounds the text. The White House had previously rejected the letter's legitimacy and Trump had denied writing it.
Led By Donkeys called the police action when the four men were first taken into custody in September "Orwellian" and "ridiculous" because it involved "projecting a piece of journalism on a wall."
They said that this was the first time a member of the association had been taken into guardianship for performing a projection. In recent times, Led By burros have gained more notoriety due to well- known capers that make fun of Michelle Mone, Matt Hancock, and Liz Truss.
What reasons did Thames Valley Police give for dropping the case?
Thames Valley Police gave the reason for dropping the case
against the four men arrested over projecting images of Donald Trump and
Jeffrey Epstein onto Windsor Castle as the conclusion of the
disquisition, changing no grounds to do further.
They stated that the apprehensions were made on offences including dispatches and public nuisance, but after review, they decided no further action was warranted.
Therefore, the police effectively concluded that the act, while unauthorized, didn't meet thresholds for charges or execution, and the disquisition has been closed.