U.S. President Donald Trump on with Peter Mandelson, then-British Ambassador to the United States, connected May 8, 2025 successful the White House.
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U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has sacked the U.K.'s Ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson aft further details emerged astir the diplomat's narration with convicted enactment offender Jeffrey Epstein.
U.S. lawmakers released a fig of documents this week that revealed Mandelson's adjacent relationship with Epstein, including a missive from Mandelson successful which helium called the disgraced financier his "best pal." Epstein killed himself successful situation successful 2019 portion facing national enactment trafficking charges.
"In airy of the further accusation successful emails written by Peter Mandelson, the Prime Minister has asked the Foreign Secretary to retreat him arsenic Ambassador," a connection from the Foreign Office said.
"The emails amusement that the extent and grade of Peter Mandelson's narration with Jeffrey Epstein is materially antithetic from that known astatine the clip of his appointment."
"In peculiar Peter Mandelson's proposition that Jeffrey Epstein's archetypal condemnation was wrongful and should beryllium challenged is caller information. In airy of that, and mindful of the victims of Epstein's crimes helium has been withdrawn arsenic Ambassador with contiguous effect," the connection added.
This is simply a processing communicative and volition beryllium updated shortly.
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