Former ambassador Peter Mandelson resigns

The former Labor minister makes this decision after the British Prime Minister, Keir Starmerannounced that it had begun the process of removing Mandelson on title of ‘lord’ and his corresponding seat for life in the second chamber.

The British premier noted that Mandelson has ‘let down’ Britain over links to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, his Downing Street office reported.

The scandal surrounding the link between Mandelson, dismissed last year as British ambassador to Washington For this reason, with Epstein it has gone deeper after it came to light that in his day sent classified government documents to the American millionairedied in August 2019 while serving a sentence in the US.

This alleged sending of emails about highly sensitive government matters It’s “shameful”, the prime minister indicated to the other members of the Executive at the Tuesday meeting.

According to files released last Friday by the US Department of Justice, Mandelson passed material to Epstein while he was minister in the Gordon Brown Labor Government.

On Sunday, Mandelson left the Labor Party to avoid causing “further embarrassment” for new revelations.

Payments and sensitive information

According to the emails that have come to light, the The pedophile paid Mandelson $75,000 in three transactions between 2003 and 2004.

The documents also seem to indicate, according to British media, that Mandelson He suggested to Epstein in 2009 that he would put pressure on the Government of the United Kingdom on a tax related to bankers’ bonuses.

An email dated December 15, 2009, which appears to be from Epstein, says: “Is there any real possibility that the tax would apply only to the cash portion of bankers’ bonuses?” The response, apparently from Mandelson, reads: “I’m trying to make amends for this.”

The London Metropolitan Police (Met confirmed on Monday that is investigating a series of reports of alleged “misconduct in public office”“.