Andrew Tate, a self-proclaimed misogynist who has become a cause célèbre on the American right, and his brother were allowed to leave Romania where they face charges including rape and human trafficking,

The social-media influencer and his brother, under investigation for human trafficking and other criminal charges, left Bucharest weeks after a Trump official discussed the case with the Romanian authorities.

The abrupt departure of Andrew and Tristan Tate, who had been held in Romania for two years, raised questions about whether the Trump administration had intervened.