On Wednesday, The Sun newspaper published emails that it said showed Mandelson telling Epstein to "fight for early release" shortly before Epstein was sentenced to 18 months in prison.

In a statement in the House of Commons on Thursday, Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty said the decision came in the wake of the publication this week of emails Mandelson sent to Epstein in the 2000s, in which he gave his support to the disgraced financier even when he was facing jail for sex offenses.

Doughty said the emails showed that the “depth and extent” of Mandelson’s relationship with Epstein was “materially different” from what was known when he was appointed ambassador to Washington last year after the Labour Party’s election victory.

  • nymnympseudonym@piefed.socialEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    As an American, I look forward to when Americans fire Mr Trump after publication of supportive “shared secrets” to Jeffrey Epstein and illegal placement of Ghislane Maxwell into a country club prison