Peter Mandelson arrested over Epstein links as police probe suspected misconduct in public office
The former ambassador to the US has been accused of passing on information to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein when he was business secretary
Peter Mandelson has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office by police investigating his links to Jeffrey Epstein.
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The Labour grandee and former US ambassador, 72, was led out of his north London home today by a detective wearing a body-worn camera before getting into an unmarked car.
Mandelson has been accused of passing on information to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein when he was business secretary, with two of his properties searched by police.
The former MP has previously denied any wrongdoing during his relationship with Epstein.
Three police officers arrived in two unmarked vehicles at Lord Mandelson's address in Regent's Park, north-west London, at around 4.15pm today.
They went inside the property, and around half an hour later, the disgraced peer left in a police car.
It comes just days after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on suspicion of the same offence at his Sandringham home on his 66th birthday.
The former Duke of York was accused of leaking confidential information to Epstein while working as Britain’s trade envoy.
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The Metropolitan Police said today: "Officers have arrested a 72-year-old man on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
"He was arrested at an address in Camden on Monday, 23 February and has been taken to a London police station for interview.
"This follows search warrants at two addresses in the Wiltshire and Camden areas.”
Mandelson's properties were raided last month as part of a criminal investigation into possible misconduct in a public office.
The probe was sparked after the release of three million files relating to Jeffrey Epstein by the US Department of Justice in January.
The UK Government announced today that the first tranche of files related to Mandelson's appointment as the UK's ambassador to the US will be published in early March.
Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, Darren Jones, told the Commons that officials have been going through documents related to Mandelson's appointment in late 2024.
He said the Government will release documents in tranches as and when they are made ready, rather than all at once at the end of the process.
The Government was compelled to release the files after MPs voted in favour of their disclosure following the release of the Epstein Files.