Epstein received confidential government data. It was delivered by… a British minister

Former British minister, EU commissioner and ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson provided Jeffrey Epstein with confidential documents on the government's economic policy and also informed him in advance about the decision on the rescue plan for the euro zone in 2010, according to Epstein's case files.

In one of the documents from 2009, Mandelson – then a leading figure in the government of Prime Minister Gordon Brown, also described by Epstein as the de facto deputy prime minister – sent Epstein government proposals for responding to the financial crisis. It was about an e-mail from the Prime Minister's advisor, Nick Butler, sent to the head of government with proposals for investments in the private sector and improving the budget situation. Mandelson emailed Epstein with the note: “Interesting note that went to the Prime Minister.”

In other messages to the billionaire, Mandelson informed him about attempts to form a new government coalition after the 2010 elections, and also announced – hours before the decision was announced on May 9, 2010 – that EU ministers would adopt a rescue package for the euro zone worth USD 500 billion.

Mandelson – who was fired as ambassador to Washington after some of his correspondence with Epstein was leaked last year – announced his departure from the Labor Party on Monday, and British media reports Prime Minister Keir Starmer is also pressuring him to give up his seat in the House of Lords.

In addition to providing Epstein with confidential information, the newly published documents showed that in 2003-04 Epstein made three payments to Mandelson and his partner Reinald Avila da Silva in the amount of $25,000. dollars each and that in 2009, Mandelson, as business minister, tried, at Epstein's request, to change the government's decision on increased taxation of bonuses for banking sector employees. In addition, the files included a photo taken in Epstein's Paris apartment, in which the financier stands in only his underwear next to a young woman.

Mandelson, 72, has so far been one of the most important politicians in the ruling Labor Party. He was a minister in the governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, among others. holding the influential position of Minister of Business, and in 2004-08 he was EU Commissioner for Trade. He has been a member of the House of Lords since 2008. Shortly after Labor returned to power in 2024, new Prime Minister Keir Starmer appointed Mandelson as ambassador to the US. He served in this role for just seven months – from February to September 2025. He was dismissed when it came to light that his relationship with Epstein lasted longer than was previously known.

From Washington Oskar Górzyński (PAP)

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