Donald Trump has decided not to intervene to block the extradition of Andrew and Tristan Tate to the United Kingdom, despite the brothers' claims of close ties to the President and his family. The pair were arrested at a bare-knuckle boxing event in Miami at the request of British detectives, who want to prosecute them on charges including rape, sex trafficking and possession of indecent images of a child.

Unsealed court records allege the brothers choked women unconscious and raped them, forming the basis of the UK extradition request. A US official told the Telegraph that the White House had no involvement in the case and no view on the outcome, dismissing speculation of a pressure campaign aimed at securing the pair's protection from British justice.