"I have to take personal responsibility for appointing Mandelson to his ministerial role in 2008. I greatly regret this appointment, he wrote, saying that at the time he was told that Mandelson's record in Brussels had been unblemished and he did not know about any Epstein links. I did so in spite of him being anything but a friend to me, because I thought that his unquestioned knowledge of Europe and beyond could help us as we dealt with the global financial crisis, Brown wrote."
"Mandelson was sacked as Keir Starmer's ambassador to the US in September after new details emerged of his friendship with Epstein, ties that lasted beyond the late child sex offender's jailing in 2008. But the release this week of masses of new documents about Epstein and his contacts showed the closeness of their ties. They also suggested Mandelson had received money from Epstein, and had leaked market-sensitive information to the financier, which is now the subject of a criminal investigation."
Gordon Brown accepts personal responsibility for appointing Peter Mandelson to a ministerial role in 2008 and deeply regrets that decision. Brown said he believed Mandelson's Brussels record was unblemished and was not aware of any Epstein links when appointing him to help address the global financial crisis. Allegations indicate Mandelson used market-sensitive inside information and betrayed the principles and people who trusted him. Mandelson was sacked as Keir Starmer's ambassador to the US after details emerged of his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. Newly released documents suggested close ties, possible payments, leaked market-sensitive information to Epstein, a criminal investigation, and police searches of two homes connected to Mandelson.
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