Epstein files shake UK establishment

CNN: The US government’s release of more than 3 million documents related to Jeffrey Epstein has raised further questions about the ties of three prominent figures in British public life to the disgraced financier, who appears to have been granted access to the heart of Britain’s government and royal family…

BBC: For Sarah Ferguson and Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, this latest drop of Epstein emails will only add to their embarrassment.

Not only will they be reeling from the photo of the former Prince Andrew, appearing to kneel on all fours over a female lying on the ground. But Andrew’s ex-wife and daughters are also repeatedly mentioned in the files themselves…

Bloomberg: Documents released by the US Department of Justice appear to show that Britain’s Peter Mandelson leaked sensitive government information to Jeffrey Epstein while serving as a minister.

The files suggest Mandelson emailed Epstein about the European Union’s rescue facility and forwarded internal Downing Street emails about tax policy proposals to him.

The disclosures raise questions about Mandelson’s conduct and have led to calls for him to resign from the House of Lords, with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s spokesperson saying the prime minister believes Mandelson should not be a member…

Telegraph: Lord Mandelson repeatedly leaked confidential government emails to Jeffrey Epstein while serving in Gordon Brown’s Cabinet, new files show.

The Labour peer, who was serving as business secretary, shared market-sensitive information with Epstein that the convicted paedophile could have used to make money…

Wall Street Journal: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is pressuring the U.K.’s former Ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson to provide evidence to American authorities over Jeffrey Epstein, after a cache of emails appeared to show that Mandelson leaked confidential British government correspondence to the disgraced financier…

Politico: Former U.K. Ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson said Sunday he had resigned his membership of the Labour Party to avoid causing “further embarrassment” over his friendship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein…

PBS: On Monday, Starmer urged Mandelson to resign from the House of Lords — Parliament’s unelected upper chamber of politicians, donors and assorted notables — to which he was appointed for life in 2008. That would also mean relinquishing the noble title, Lord Mandelson, that he received at the time.

If he refuses, ejecting him would be a lengthy process requiring Parliament to pass legislation — a process last undertaken more than a century ago to remove the titles of aristocrats who sided with Germany in World War I…

BBC: Police are reviewing reports of alleged misconduct in a public office after Lord Mandelson was accused of passing on sensitive government information to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein…

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