Peter Mandelson is suspected of misconduct in office for allegedly leaking confidential information to the late pedophile
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has sharply criticized former fellow Labour Party member Peter Mandelson after newly released documents revealed his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The prime minister has claimed he fell victim to “deceit” by a man he had himself appointed as ambassador to the US in 2024.
Mandelson resigned from the Labour Party and quit his position in the House of Lords earlier this week after documents released by the US Department of Justice suggested he had received $75,000 from the late pedophile. He still denied any wrongdoing by claiming that he had no recollection of ever receiving the money.
The same batch of Epstein files released last week also suggested that Mandelson had leaked confidential government documents to Epstein in 2009 and 2010 when he was a prominent figure in the then Labour government. The revelations prompted the UK police to open a case into alleged misconduct of office against the former official.
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