The Metropolitan Police announced on Monday that it is reviewing allegations of misconduct in a public office.
Starmer’s spokesperson stated that the Epstein file documents “contain likely market-sensitive information concerning the 2008 financial crash and the subsequent official activities to stabilize the economy.”
“Only individuals in an official capacity had access to this information, [with] strict handling conditions to ensure it was not available to anyone who could potentially benefit financially,” the spokesperson added, noting that “these safeguards were compromised.”
Mandelson, a former Labour Cabinet minister who resigned twice from Tony Blair’s government, was appointed to the House of Lords by Gordon Brown in 2008 — enabling Brown to make him business secretary.
Recently, the peer was appointed U.S. ambassador by Starmer in an effort to strengthen ties with Donald Trump’s administration. The British prime minister dismissed Mandelson last year following the release of U.S. Department of Justice files that revealed more about Mandelson’s relationship with Epstein.
The former ambassador resigned from the ruling Labour Party on Friday, but Starmer is facing growing political pressure to take further action.
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