CPS Provides Advice on Mandelson, Andrew Epstein Probes

The Crown Prosecution Service has confirmed it is providing early investigative advice to two police forces examining allegations that Lord Peter Mandelson and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor shared sensitive information with Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier convicted of sex trafficking who died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial.

Mandelson, a former business secretary and UK ambassador to the United States, was arrested on February 23 in north London on suspicion of misconduct in public office. The 72-year-old, who served in the role from 2008 to 2010 under Prime Minister Gordon Brown, is accused of passing confidential government details to Epstein during the 2008 financial crisis. Documents released by the US Department of Justice in January include 2009 emails in which Mandelson allegedly shared an assessment from a Brown adviser on policy measures, such as an asset sales plan, as well as discussions of a tax on bankers' bonuses and confirmation of a euro bailout package the day before its public announcement in 2010. These communications occurred after Epstein's conviction on related charges. Mandelson has denied any wrongdoing, stating he did not act criminally or for...