Mandelson faces police probe threat as furious Gordon Brown rages at leaking of ‘market sensitive’ No10 emails to Epstein… and did Starmer try to cover it up?
Police are being urged to investigate Lord Mandelson today after he was accused of leaking ‘confidential and market sensitive’ No10 emails to Jeffrey Epstein.
The former Cabinet minister finally quit Labour last night, with Keir Starmer branded ‘weak’ for failing to kick him out earlier.
But the storm over a huge tranche of documents released by the American administration last week shows no sign of dissipating.
Gordon Brown has demanded a Cabinet Office probe into the ‘wholly unacceptable’ disclosure of details of his government’s desperate response to the Credit Crunch. He revealed he asked No10 for a probe last September – but after two months was told no evidence could be found.
The new US material includes emails apparently forwarded to the paedophile financier by Lord Mandelson in 2009, in which key Downing Street aides and ministers discussed the UK’s resilience to the Credit Crunch crisis and what government assets might be ‘saleable’.
Other documents seemingly show Lord Mandelson – Business Secretary at the time – advising Epstein how he and his powerful friends could lobby against a bankers’ bonus tax.
In May 2010 – after the election but before the Coalition government took over – Lord Mandelson appeared to give Epstein advance notice of a €500billion bailout of the Euro.
What looks to be bank records from 2003 and 2004 suggest that Epstein wired the New Labour architect tens of thousands of pounds – although Lord Mandelson has said he believes they are fake.
The Lib Dems are calling for police to investigate whether Lord Mandelson committed misconduct in public office.
Some MPs are demanding his peerage is stripped – even though he is already on a ‘leave of absence’ from Parliament and has indicated he will not return.
Downing Street said Sir Keir believes Lord Mandelson ‘should not be a member of the House of Lords’ and has asked the Cabinet Secretary to ‘urgently’ review his emails to Epstein.
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In a letter to general secretary Hollie Ridley last night, Lord Mandelson said: ‘I have been further linked this weekend to the understandable furore surrounding Jeffrey Epstein and I feel regretful and sorry about this.
‘Allegations which I believe to be false that he made financial payments to me 20 years ago, and of which I have no record or recollection, need investigating by me.
‘While doing this I do not wish to cause further embarrassment to the Labour Party and I am therefore stepping down from membership of the party.’
Lord Mandelson said: ‘I want to take this opportunity to repeat my apology to the women and girls whose voices should have been heard long before now.
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