Peter Mandelson, U.K. ambassador to U.S., fired over ties to ‘pal’ Epstein
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Mandelson said that he doesn't think he's named in the Epstein files, but there is no doubt there is more “correspondence” between him and Epstein that is “going to surface.”
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has fired British ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson over his connection to Jeffrey Epstein.
On Thursday, Foreign Office Minister Stephen Doughty said in the House of Commons that the decision came in the wake of the publication of emails Mandelson sent to Epstein in the 2000s, in which he gave his support to the disgraced financier even when he was facing jail for sex offences.
Doughty said the correspondence showed that the “depth and extent” of Mandelson’s friendship with Epstein was “materially different” from what was known at the time of his appointment last year.
“In light of the additional information in the emails written by Peter Mandelson, the prime minister has asked the foreign secretary to withdraw him as ambassador to the United States,” Doughty said.
He pointed to Mandelson’s suggestion in the emails that Epstein’s first conviction in 2008 was “wrongful and should be challenged.”
Mandelson, who took up his role in February, said in an interview with British journalist Harry Cole on Wednesday that he “deeply” regretted his friendship with Epstein, after a note he wrote to the convicted sex offender was released by the U.S. House Oversight Committee in a “birthday book” gifted to the former New York City businessman on his 50th birthday.
Starmer initially showed support for Mandelson after the release of the note, stating that his government still had complete confidence in Mandelson and that it was “focused obviously on our relationship with the US, with President Trump coming for an unprecedented second state visit next week.”
Mandelson said Wednesday that he does not believe he is named in the Epstein files, but admitted there is no doubt there is more “correspondence” between him and Epstein that is “going to surface.”
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