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Here is the advice Keir Starmer received in December 2024 when he was considering appointing Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US:

Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

● A 2019 report commissioned by JPMorgan found that Epstein appeared to

“maintain a particularly close relationship with Prince Andrew the Duke of

York and Lord Peter Mandelson, a senior member of the British

government”.

● The report cited Epstein’s personal records which showed contact beginning

in 2002 and continuing throughout the 2000s.

● After Epstein was first convicted of procuring an underage girl in 2008, their

relationship continued across 2009-2011, beginning when Lord Mandelson

was Business Minister and continuing after the end of the Labour

government. Mandelson reportedly stayed in Epstein’s House while he was

in jail in June 2009.

● In 2014 Mandelson also agreed to be a “founding citizen” of an ocean

conservation group founded by Ghislaine Maxwell, and funded by Epstein.

● On reporting of the JP Morgan report, Lord Mandelson’s spokesperson said

“Lord Mandelson very much regrets ever having been introduced to Epstein.

This connection has been a matter of public record for some time. He never

had any kind of professional or business relationship with Epstein in any

form.”

● The Telegraph reported on these links extensively in January 2024 –

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/10/lord-mandelson-friendship-jeffr

ey-epstein-keir-starmer/

● A Labour Party spokesperson has previously commented saying “There are

a whole range of people that Keir Starmer talks to. Obviously he talks to

people who were part of the last Labour government, including Peter

Mandelson.”

● The Cabinet Office holds official records that are likely to be released by the

National Archives early next year, which relate to a Tony Blair meeting with

Epstein that was facilitated by Mandelson.

● To note – general reputational risk