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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer suddenly fired British Ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson, after posting an email revealing he has a closer connection to convicted pedophiles Jeffrey Epstein More than ever.
A series of emails, by sun The newspaper on Wednesday expressed sympathy and support for Epstein in 2008 as he solicited a first conviction for prostitution with minors.
Mandelson, a longtime Labor politician and strategist, told Epstein that he “fighted for early release” in a legal appeal before Epstein was sentenced to 18 months in prison. “I think your world,” Mandelson told him before he began his sentence.
Peter Mandelson, then the British ambassador to the United States, spoke at the British Embassy in Washington on September 5, 2024. (Carl Court Pool/Getty Image)
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Foreign Minister Stephen Doughty admitted in a statement in the House of Commons on Thursday that Mandelson’s decision was made after an email from Mandelson, who was sent to Epstein.
“In view of other messages from Peter Mandelson in his email, the Prime Minister asked the Foreign Minister to withdraw him as ambassador,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
It added: “These emails suggest that the depth and extent of Peter Mandelson’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein is very different from what is known when dating.”
Revelation after release last week Democrats Edited for Epstein on the 2003 birthday album by the U.S. House Oversight Committee. On that album, Mandelson called Epstein “My Best Friend.”
President Donald Trump met with Peter Mandelson, then British Ambassador to the United States, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 2, 2024. (Jim Watson/AFP)
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In that album, Mandelson calls it Epstein “My Best Friend” in his handwritten notes.
Disclosures prompted opposition calls for action. Conservatives and Scottish National Party demanded that Mandelson resign, while Liberal Democrats promoted investigations.
Mandelson is one of the key figures behind the party revival under Tony Blair.
British Ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson left London’s Foreign Ministry on July 14, 2024. (Jonathan Brady/PA image via Getty Images)
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In the 1990s,,,,, He is at the heart of Labor’s reshaping as “the new labor” and works closely with Blair and Gordon Brown. He has been under Blair’s business secretary and Northern Ireland’s secretary, including Gordon Brown’s business secretary.
He also serves as EU From 2004 to 2008, the Trade Commissioner returned to domestic politics later that year as Lord Mandelson, a life in the House of Lords.
Recently, Mandelson visited Donald Trump in the Oval Office in May when he announced a limited U.S. trade deal.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
