{"id":63699,"date":"2026-02-04T17:29:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T17:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/police-probing-peter-mandelson-ex-u-k-ambassador-to-u-s-as-epstein-files-suggest-he-shared-state-secrets\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T17:29:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T17:29:17","slug":"police-probing-peter-mandelson-ex-u-k-ambassador-to-u-s-as-epstein-files-suggest-he-shared-state-secrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/police-probing-peter-mandelson-ex-u-k-ambassador-to-u-s-as-epstein-files-suggest-he-shared-state-secrets\/","title":{"rendered":"Police probing Peter Mandelson, ex-U.K. ambassador to U.S., as Epstein files suggest he shared state secrets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>London \u2014 U.K. police have launched an investigation into former British Ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson after the U.S. Department of Justice <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/bill-gates-elon-musk-epstein-files-what-documents-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">released emails last week that indicate<\/a><\/span> he may have shared confidential U.K. government documents with the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The documents relate to years during which Mandelson served as a senior official in the British governmet nearly two decades ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Following the further release of millions of court documents in relation to Jeffrey Epstein by the United States Department of Justice, the Met received a number of reports into alleged misconduct in public office including a referral from the U.K. Government,&#8221; Metropolitan Police Commander Ella Marriott said in a statement Tuesday. &#8220;I can confirm that the Metropolitan Police has now launched an investigation into a 72-year-old man, a former Government Minister, for misconduct in public office offenses.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/epstein-files-released-doj-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Emails released last Friday<\/a><\/span> appear to show that while Mandelson was in government as the U.K. Business Secretary in 2009 and 2010, he shared confidential, market-sensitive information with Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>It was a period when the U.K., U.S. and European governments were still battling to contain the global financial crisis, and in one 2009 email released Friday, Mandelson confirmed rumors of a \u20ac500 billion eurozone bailout, telling Epstein the announcement would come that night.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/04\/113bcb90-107e-4b4b-bf6a-8d2f4edc489a\/thumbnail\/620x413\/9a4ab5988a64af928ef9d2984df8bc68\/mandelson-2220063014.jpg#\" alt=\"Middle East conflict \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/04\/113bcb90-107e-4b4b-bf6a-8d2f4edc489a\/thumbnail\/620x413\/9a4ab5988a64af928ef9d2984df8bc68\/mandelson-2220063014.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/04\/113bcb90-107e-4b4b-bf6a-8d2f4edc489a\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/6739bf860ad3469f6e0d4d808aaa87cb\/mandelson-2220063014.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Then-U.K. Ambassador to the U.S., Lord Peter Mandelson arrives at the Cabinet Office in central London, in a June 18, 2025, file photo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Jonathan Brady\/PA Images\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In another 2010 exchange, Mandelson sent an internal government communication to Epstein, with the message: &#8220;Interesting note that&#8217;s gone to the PM.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The memo in question appeared to be a note from an advisor to then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown, detailing the U.K.&#8217;s struggling economy with a policy recommendation to sell off government-held assets in order to raise revenue.<\/p>\n<p>Other documents released by the Justice Department on Friday appear to show that Epstein made $75,000 in payments to Mandelson in three separate $25,000 transactions in 2003 and 2004. Mandelson was a private citizen at that time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Documents released Friday also suggest that, in 2009, Epstein sent almost $12,000 to Reinaldo Avila da Silva, Mandelson&#8217;s husband, to pay for an osteopathy course.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators are examining whether Mandelson abused his position, with critics raising questions about potential national security breaches.<\/p>\n<p>It has put more pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer over his decision to appoint Mandelson last year as Britain&#8217;s top diplomat in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Starmer&#8217;s office said Tuesday that it had conducted its own review of the documents released on Friday in Washington. In a statement, it said it had concluded that &#8220;safeguards were compromised&#8221; in relation to sensitive information being shared improperly, and, &#8220;in light of this information the Cabinet Office has referred this material to the police.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Starmer has said Mandelson&#8217;s links to Epstein were vetted as part of his appointment to the U.S. ambassadorship, but that Mandelson had lied about the extent of his relationship with the American financier.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mandelson betrayed our country, our parliament, and my party,&#8221; Starmer said in parliament on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CBS News has sought comment from Mandelson on the allegations. In an interview with the BBC last month, he denied any knowledge of or complicity in Epstein&#8217;s sexual crimes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a letter in which Mandelson formally resigned from the Labour Party earlier this week, he also denied receiving payments from Epstein, saying, &#8220;allegations which I believe to be false that he made financial payments to me 20 years ago, and of which I have no record or recollection, need investigating by me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In an interview published by the Times of London this week, Mandelson said any payments made to his partner did not influence his position as a government minister.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The idea that giving Reinaldo an osteopath bursary is going to sway mine or anyone else&#8217;s views about banking policy is risible,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During his decades-long career as a Labour Party politician, he earned the nickname &#8220;the Prince of Darkness,&#8221; for the record he built up as a ruthless, media-savvy problem solver.<\/p>\n<p>Many political pundits believe it was that reputation as a well-connected political maneuverer that landed him the coveted ambassadorship not long after Mr. Trump began his second term.<\/p>\n<p>Starmer <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/uk-ambassador-peter-mandelson-fired-jeffrey-epstein-ties-by-keir-starmer\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">fired him from that position<\/a><\/span> in September, after Epstein-related documents released by the U.S. House of Representatives showed Mandelson had maintained a close relationship with Epstein years after the disgraced financier&#8217;s 2008 conviction on charges of solicitation of prostitution and procuring a child for prostitution.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<div 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