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Former UK cabinet minister and Ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson,has been arrested just weeks after resigningover revelations thathe gave Jeffrey Epstein advance notice of a €500bn bailout to save the Euro.
Mandelson was arrested at an address in Camden on Monday and taken to a London police station for an interviewin connection with ‘misconduct in public office.’
The arrest follows search warrants at two addresses in Wiltshire and Camden,and comes four days afterAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, was arrested early Thursday morning on suspicion of misconduct in public office, amid allegations heshared confidential government trade documents with Epstein as well.
Documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice as part of the so-called Epstein files appear to show thatMandelson, then business secretary in the Labour government of Prime Minister Gordon Brown, forwarded confidential policy discussions and draft plans to the disgraced financierwhile the government was grappling with the collapse of global credit markets.
As theGuardiannotes, emails forwarded to Epstein from the very top of the UK government include:
A confidential UK government document outlining£20bn in asset sales.
Mandelson claiming he was “trying hard” to change government policy on bankers’ bonuses.
An imminent bailout package for the euro the day before it was announced in 2010.
A suggestion that the JPMorgan boss “mildly threaten” the chancellor.
Source: The Vigilant Fox
