A FORMER US cop claims the FBI may be helping cover up Prince Andrew's alleged role in the Jeffrey Epstein sex abuse scandal.

John Mark Dougan - who fled to Moscow following a raid by the Feds on his home - also says he has hundreds of hours of footage from the billionaire paedo's Florida mansion.

MI6 sources fear Dougan, who is also a former US Marine, may have passed compromising information about the Duke of York to the Kremlin.

However the 42-year-old has told The Times it was "ridiculous" to suggest he would hand over any information to the Russian authorities.

"I'm certain the FBI is involved in some kind of cover-up over Epstein," said Dougan, who has been in Russia since he sought asylum to avoid arrest in the US for alleged computer hacking.

"That could absolutely include Andrew's role, or it could be that senior FBI people visited the house and don't want to reveal that.

"The FBI got hold of all the data I have when they raided me. My copies of the files will never be released unless something untoward happens to me."