{"id":66931,"date":"2026-02-23T19:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T19:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/former-u-k-ambassador-to-u-s-peter-mandelson-arrested-weeks-after-latest-epstein-files-release\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T19:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T19:00:05","slug":"former-u-k-ambassador-to-u-s-peter-mandelson-arrested-weeks-after-latest-epstein-files-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/former-u-k-ambassador-to-u-s-peter-mandelson-arrested-weeks-after-latest-epstein-files-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Former U.K. ambassador to U.S. Peter Mandelson arrested weeks after latest Epstein files release"},"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>Former U.K. ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson has been arrested by London&#8217;s Metropolitan Police on suspicion of misconduct in public office.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mandelson was being <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/peter-mandelson-epstein-ex-uk-ambassador-to-us-police-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">investigated<\/a><\/span> after a series of emails between him and the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were released late last month.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Officers have arrested a 72-year-old man on suspicion of misconduct in public office,&#8221; London&#8217;s Metropolitan Police said in a statement Monday. &#8220;He was arrested at an address in Camden on Monday, 23 February and has been taken to a London police station for interview. This follows search warrants at two addresses in the Wiltshire and Camden areas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Police said they were unable to provide more information &#8220;to prevent prejudicing the integrity of the investigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mandelson was fired from his job as U.K. ambassador in September when details of the depth of his friendship with Epstein emerged.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, police announced they had started an investigation into Mandelson, who served as the U.K.&#8217;s Business Secretary in 2009 and 2010. Emails released as part of the Epstein files appeared to show that he had shared confidential, market-sensitive information with Epstein while he was in government.<\/p>\n<p>In one 2009 email to Epstein, Mandelson appeared to confirm rumors of a \u20ac500 billion eurozone bailout, telling Epstein the announcement would come later that night.<\/p>\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; 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>CBS News has reached out to a representative for Mandelson for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Mandelson has previously denied any knowledge of or complicity in Epstein&#8217;s sexual crimes. In a letter in which Mandelson formally resigned from the Labour Party earlier this month, 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>Mandelson&#8217;s arrest comes days after former Prince Andrew,\u00a0 Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, was\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/former-prince-andrew-arrested-epstein-files-suspected-misconduct-public-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">arrested<\/a><\/span>\u00a0for suspected misconduct in public office in response to revelations from the Epstein files.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/emmet-lyons\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" 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