# When You’re MAGA, They Let You Do It  ## Metadata - Author: [[Helen Lewis]] - Full Title: When You’re MAGA, They Let You Do It - Category: #articles - Summary: insert summary - My notes: - Summary: Andrew Tate, a controversial figure known for his violent misogyny, has been embraced by the MAGA movement despite facing serious criminal allegations, including human trafficking and rape. His arrival in the U.S. signals that loyalty, rather than morality, is prioritized within this political sphere. Many in the MAGA community defend him, viewing his legal troubles as persecution while ignoring the claims of his alleged victims. - URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/andrew-tate-trump-administration/681873/ - Source File: web-only ## LLM Chats ## NotebookLM ## LLM Audio ## Highlights > The Tate brothers, who are dual U.S.-British citizens, were awaiting trial in Romania over sex-abuse and trafficking allegations by more than 40 women, many of whom worked as performers for their webcam business. (Tristan, like his brother, denies all wrongdoing.) According to the Romanian authorities, they [used](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/andrew-tate-custody-arrest-romania-business-allegations-rcna64070) the “loverboy” method to recruit these women, “misrepresenting their intention to enter into a marriage/cohabitation relationship and the existence of genuine feelings of love.” By Andrew’s [own admission](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/andrew-tate-custody-arrest-romania-business-allegations-rcna64070), the women were then [confined to his compound](https://www.businessinsider.com/andrew-tate-says-women-at-house-not-allowed-out-video-2023-1) outside Bucharest and set to work in a “scam” operation soliciting money from men online. The youngest of the alleged victims groomed into working for the webcam operation was 15. According to prosecution documents leaked to the BBC, an audio recording captures Tristan Tate [saying](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66581218) he will “slave these bitches,” while one complainant says that Andrew told her, “Shut up you whore, you will do as I say.” The Tates are supposed to return to Romania as the case against them progresses, but without American help the authorities there cannot force the brothers to do so. An outstanding European arrest warrant against them, issued to British police after four women made a civil claim against the brothers in the U.K., is also now worthless without U.S. cooperation. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jp27rzd8ajtvaf9tqyvzrq5r))