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Here is the recommendation Keir Starmer acquired in December 2024 when he was contemplating appointing Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US:

Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

● A 2019 report commissioned by JPMorgan discovered 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 private information which confirmed contact starting

in 2002 and persevering with all through the 2000s.

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

relationship continued throughout 2009-2011, starting when Lord Mandelson

was Business Minister and persevering with after the tip of the Labour

authorities. Mandelson reportedly stayed in Epstein’s House whereas he was

in jail in June 2009.

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

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

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

“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 hyperlinks 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 beforehand commented saying “There are

an entire vary of those who Keir Starmer talks to. Obviously he talks to

individuals who have been a part of the final Labour authorities, together with Peter

Mandelson.”

● The Cabinet Office holds official information which are prone to be launched by the

National Archives early subsequent 12 months, which relate to a Tony Blair assembly with

Epstein that was facilitated by Mandelson.

● To be aware – common reputational danger