Peter Mandelson was released on bail this Tuesday, February 24, following his arrest on charges of misconduct in public office during his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. This was also the suspicion that led to the arrest last Thursday of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, also due to his relationship with the American sex offender. According to British media, the former Labor lord was seen returning home in a taxi and entering his home in London at around 2am.
Mandelson, 72, was arrested on Monday afternoon and transported in an unmarked police car for questioning from his home in London.
The Metropolitan Police are investigating Mandelson’s alleged escape from emails while he was a minister in the British government, between June 2009 and May 2010, and provided confidential market information to Epstein.
The appointment of Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to the United States, after some of his connections to Jeffrey Epstein became known, which subsequently led to his removal from office, opened a political crisis and put Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s continued leadership of the government at risk.
According to the Guardian, The British government was forced to release documents about Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador in December 2024 to parliament’s intelligence and security committee to ensure transparency of the selection process and what Downing Street knew about his friendship with Epstein. This Monday, February 23, MPs were informed that the first batch of documents will be released at the beginning of March, but that they will only include exchanges of messages between Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Mandelson about his links to Jeffrey Epstein until the police investigation is completed.
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