Police in Britain said Peter Mandelson, the former U.K. ambassador to the United States, has been released on bail after he was arrested in a misconduct probe stemming from his ties to the late Jeffrey Epstein. Claims of leaked government informationPolice are investigating Mandelson over claims he passed sensitive government information to Epstein a decade and a half ago. The files released in January contained more explosive revelations about Mandelson's ties to Epstein, whom he once called "my best pal." Messages suggest that Mandelson passed on sensitive - and potentially market-moving - government information to Epstein in 2009, when Mandelson was a senior minister in the British government. Earlier this month Mandelson resigned from the House of Lords, Parliament's upper chamber, to which he was appointed for life in 2008.

Source: The Telegraph February 24, 2026 08:13 UTC