Prince Harry visa scandal US faces court

The US Government faces court next week over a bid to reveal Prince Harry’s immigration records and his declarations on past drug abuse.

Maybe The Duke of Sussex did share too much admitted cocaine and cannabis use in his tell-all memoir ‘Spare’, and also described taking magic mushroom chocolates at a party at the LA home of Friends actress

Following the release of the book and a whirlwind publicity tour, a conservative thinktank has launched a legal challenge to the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), demanding to see the contents of the Duke’s visa application.

The government has so far refused to release the documents and rebuffed a Freedom of Information attempt to obtain the details.

In Spare, Harry wrote that he has tried mushrooms, smoked marijuana, and used cocaine in the past. Under U.S. law, drug use can lead to rejection of visas, green cards, and citizenship. According to the New York Post, however, officials are allowed to make exceptions. Neama Rahmani, president of West Coast Trial Lawyers, told Newsweek that if Harry had admitted to using drugs when applying for his visa, his application “would likely have been denied.” Harry has been living in the U.S. since March 2020.

In a Freedom of Information Act request asking for Harry’s immigration files to be made public, the Heritage Foundation said the documents are of “immense public interest,” per CNN.

“Widespread and continuous media coverage has surfaced the question of whether DHS properly admitted the Duke of Sussex in light of the fact that he has publicly admitted to the essential elements of a number of drug offenses in both the United States and abroad,” the foundation’s complaint says.

So far, the U.S. government has refused to hand over the documents. Both parties will appear in front of a judge in Washington, D.C.,

on Tuesday to hash things out. It’s hard to know just yet how this will pan out, but as British broadcaster Henry Bonsu put it, the whole thing feels “like a political hit job” by an organization that “hates everything Harry and Meghan stand for.”

Source: evening standard