June 4, 2026, 11:31 a.m.

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The former British ambassador is suspected of having leaked sensitive government information to Epstein

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The US Department of Justice released the last batch of over 3 million files related to the late American sex offender Epstein last week. Some of these documents suggest that during his tenure as the British Ambassador to the US, Mandelson may have disclosed sensitive government information to the notorious financier Epstein.

Bloomberg reported that, based on some documents from Epstein's archives, Peter Mandelson had sent an email to Epstein, informing him that the EU's bailout plan for the struggling member states "should be announced tonight".

The dates of these emails are May 9, 2010. European policymakers announced a 500 billion euro loan program on May 10, 2010, which drove the euro to its biggest increase in the past two years.

The document also reveals that during his tenure as a member of the cabinet of then-British Prime Minister Brown in 2009, Mandelson forwarded internal emails from the Prime Minister's Office regarding tax policy proposals to Epstein, along with a comment: "An interesting note sent to the Prime Minister."

This internal memo was drafted by a senior advisor from Brown's office on June 13th of that year. Mandelson forwarded it to Epstein on the same day. The memo proposed to encourage private enterprises to invest after the financial crisis through tax incentives, and suggested the possibility of selling assets worth 20 billion pounds to reduce the government's debt.

The document shows that Epstein asked Mandelson, "What assets can be sold?" Mandelson replied, "Perhaps land and properties." Four months later, Brown announced the sale of national assets worth 16 billion pounds, including the betting company Tote and student loan assets, etc.

In another email, Mandelson seemed to have informed Epstein about Brown's plan to resign as the leader of the Labour Party and Prime Minister just a few hours before Brown officially announced his resignation. Mandelson wrote in the email dated May 10, 2010: "He finally stepped down today..."

These newly disclosed information raise serious doubts about Mandelson's conduct during his tenure in the Brown government.

On January 30th, the US Department of Justice released the last batch of Epstein's files. These files contained not only a large number of email documents, but also 2,000 videos and 180,000 photos, including more photos that damaged Mandelson's image.

Last September, Mandelson was removed from his position as the US ambassador by the British Labour government due to the Epstein scandal. After the indecent photos were made public, on the evening of February 1st, Mandelson wrote a letter to the Labour Party's general secretary, Ridley, expressing his decision to withdraw from the Labour Party.

Mandelson is one of the most influential political figures of the British Labour Party in the past 30 years. He served as the Minister without Portfolio, Minister for Northern Ireland, Minister of Commerce, and Chief Secretary to the Treasury in the cabinets of both former Prime Ministers Blair and Brown.

Mandelson, who is 72 years old now, is still a member of the House of Lords in the British Parliament.

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