23.02.2026 22:04
Peter Mandelson, who is accused of sharing state secrets in the UK with American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested after being detained by the police.
Peter Mandelson, the former UK Ambassador to the US mentioned in the Epstein files, has been arrested.
FORMER BRITISH AMBASSADOR ARRESTED The crisis caused by American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in British politics continues. Peter Mandelson, a key figure in British politics accused of sharing state secrets with Epstein, was taken into custody by the police.
In a statement made by the police, it was noted that Mandelson was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, stating, "Police officers have arrested a 72-year-old man on suspicion of misconduct in public office. Mandelson, who was arrested at an address in Camden on Monday, February 23, was taken to a police station in London for questioning. This arrest occurred following search warrants executed at two addresses in Wiltshire and Camden," it was said. Mandelson was detained by the court he was brought before.
Peter Mandelson HE HAD RESIGNED FROM THE LABOUR PARTY AND THE HOUSE OF LORDS It was revealed that the correspondence between Mandelson and Epstein took place while Mandelson served as Secretary of State for Business and Trade in Gordon Brown's government in 2009. Mandelson was appointed as the UK Ambassador to the US in 2024 but was removed from office less than a year later after some of his correspondence with Epstein came to light. Seen as one of the main architects of the Labour Party's electoral successes in 1997, 2001, and 2005, Mandelson resigned from the Labour Party and subsequently from the House of Lords after new correspondence with Epstein emerged.
MANDELSON'S NEWLY REVEALED CORRESPONDENCE WITH EPSTEIN It was revealed that Mandelson leaked a significant amount of information in his newly disclosed correspondence with Epstein. It was stated that Mandelson told Epstein in 2009 that the head of JP Morgan bank needed to "slightly threaten" the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer regarding tax plans for banker bonuses, that he had informed Epstein in advance about a €500 billion bailout package he prepared during the debt crisis in the eurozone, and that Epstein had sent a total of $75,000 to Mandelson, with each payment being $25,000 in 2003 and 2004, and that Epstein had sent £10,000 to Mandelson's partner Reinaldo Avila da Silva.