US EditionUK government contacts police over alleged leaks to Epstein by politician Peter Mandelson
Cabinet Office referred newly released Epstein documents indicating Mandelson shared market-sensitive 2008 financial crisis information; police launched misconduct investigation into the former minister.
- On Monday, the Cabinet Office referred material from the US Department of Justice files to police and sent a briefing to Scotland Yard.
- An initial review found likely market-sensitive content linked to the 2008 financial crash, covering original government email systems where safeguards appear compromised.
- Documents indicate Mandelson, then-Business Secretary, gave Epstein advance notice of a €500bn bailout, bank records show $75,000 in payments, and Epstein sent €10,000 to Mandelson's partner Reinaldo Avila da Silva.
- Draft legislation is being prepared to strip Lord Mandelson of his peerage after he resigned Labour membership on Sunday and intends to retire from the House of Lords on Wednesday, according to the Lord Speaker, Lord Forsyth.
- Calls for a wider and more intensive inquiry are mounting from across parties, with Sir Chris Wormald, Cabinet Secretary, reviewing Mandelson's ties and No 10 exploring reforms to peer removal and vetting.
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der Standard DEBritish Prime Minister Starmer is under pressure from the opposition, but also from his own party, because of the blatant misconduct of his party friend. Scotland Yard is investigating the former political star
The British government has reported the former Minister of Economic Affairs, Mandelson, to have passed on confidential government information to the sex offender, Epstein, by Gabi Biesinger.
Senior British politician Peter Mandelson will resign from the House of Lords amid a growing controversy over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. New documents released by the US Justice Department detail his financial dealings and contacts with Epstein. The government has handed over a file to police regarding allegations against him of sharing sensitive government information.
Jeffrey Epstein knew in advance of the Euro rescue. His informant: Peter Mandelson – then Minister, until recently Ambassador to Washington and now in the center of an affair that has explosive power up to the power circle of Premier Keir Starmer.
Former UK Prime Minister Contacts Police Over Leaks in Epstein Files
Photo Credit: Davidoff Studios/Getty Images A criminal investigation could soon be launched into the alleged actions of a former British ambassador. Former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown gave the Metropolitan Police information in connection with Peter Mandelson. The former Member of Parliament allegedly passed market-sensitive information to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The millions of documents released on the Epstein files revealed shoc…
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