"The email, which had the subject line Business issues, was sent by Brown's special adviser Nick Butler on 13 June 2009 after the global financial crisis. It detailed potential policy measures and suggested the government had saleable assets. Mandelson forwarded the email to Epstein and said: Interesting note that's gone to the PM. Epstein responded to Mandelson, asking what salable (sic) assets? A reply from a redacted email address said: Land, property I guess."
"Butler, who penned the memo, said he was considering reporting the matter to the police. We that is all the people included on this email and many others worked on the basis of trust, which allowed us to float ideas. I am disgusted by the breach of trust, presumably intended to give Epstein the chance to make money, he told the Times."
Gordon Brown has asked the cabinet secretary to investigate Peter Mandelson's apparent disclosure of highly sensitive government information to Jeffrey Epstein. Mandelson was business secretary during Brown's premiership and appears to have forwarded an economic briefing sent by Nick Butler on 13 June 2009. The email, titled 'Business issues', outlined potential policy measures and suggested the government had saleable assets. Epstein, then serving a jail sentence, queried what assets were salable and a redacted reply referenced land and property. Butler said he may report the matter to police and described a breach of trust. Keir Starmer urged Mandelson's resignation from the Lords and reforms to disciplinary procedures. Mandelson resigned from the Labour party amid scrutiny following the US Justice Department's release of Epstein files.
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