Lawyers will challenge the US government in a Washington DC federal courtroom today over its decision not to disclose why Prince Harry was admitted into the country despite admissions of illegal drug use.
The Heritage Foundation, a conservative political research group, has filed a lawsuit against the Department for Homeland Security (DHS) in a bid to determine whether correct procedure was followed in the decision to allow the Duke of Sussex into the US.
Under US law, admission of drug taking can be grounds to dismiss a visa application. The prince admitted to taking cocaine, marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms in his memoir, Spare.
After its Freedom of Information (FOI) request for the information was rejected, the research group is demanding in court that the DHS release Harry’s visa application from March 2020 to find out how he answered questions on prior drug use.
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