Peter Mandelson Arrested: Father Of Blair's New Labour, Follows In Ex-Prince Andrew's Footsteps

Описание: The Metropolitan Police said the 72-year-old was taken to a London police station for interview on Monday.

The former Labour minister has been accused of passing sensitive information onto paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein during his time as business secretary.

Two of his properties were previously searched by police in connection with the allegations, which surfaced following the US Department of Justice’s document dump related to Epstein last month.

As part of the so-called Epstein files, emails from 2009 appear to show Lord Mandelson pass on an assessment by Gordon Brown’s adviser of potential policy measures including an “asset sales plan”.

He also appeared to discuss a tax on bankers’ bonuses and confirm an imminent bailout package for the euro the day before it was announced in 2010.

The emails appeared to be sent to Epstein after he became a convicted sex offender.

In a statement confirming the arrest, the Met said: “Officers have arrested a 72-year-old man on suspicion of misconduct in public office.

“He was arrested at an address in Camden on Monday, 23 February and has been taken to a London police station for interview.

“This follows search warrants at two addresses in the Wiltshire and Camden areas.”

It is understood the Crown Prosecution Service are yet to offer any early investigative advice in relation to the allegations against Lord Mandelson.

The Cabinet Office previously referred material to police in connection with the probe into Lord Mandelson after an initial review of the Epstein files suggested “safeguards were compromised”.

Footage shown by broadcasters showed a plain clothed police officer leading Lord Mandelson out of a house.

He then gets into the left rear seat of a waiting unmarked Ford Focus police car.

The male police officer then gets into the right rear passenger seat.

A female police officer gets into the front seat of the car before it is driven away.

Before the arrest was announced by police, MPs were told the first tranche of documents related to Lord Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador is expected to be released “very shortly in early March”.

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