U.K.'s ex-ambassador to the U.S. arrested after Epstein files release
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Britain's former ambassador to the U.S., has been arrested following weeks of revelations over his relationship with late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
LONDON — British police have arrested the country's former ambassador to the U.S. has following weeks of revelations over his relationship with late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Peter Mandelson was arrested amid an intensifying scandal after the U.S. Department of Justice released millions of documents, some of which appear to show him leaking sensitive political and market information to Epstein.
London’s Metropolitan Police said in a news release that it was an update on an investigation into misconduct in public office offenses “relating to a former government minister.”
“Officers have arrested a 72-year-old man on suspicion of misconduct in public office,” the force said in a statement, adding that he had been taken to be interviewed at a London police station. The statement did not name Mandelson, as is standard practice under British law.
“This follows search warrants at two addresses in the Wiltshire and Camden areas,” it said, referring to a county around 100 miles to the west of London, and an area in the north of the U.K.'s capital.
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