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Peter Mandelson, the UK ambassador to the United States, has told Sky News helium "regrets" his relation with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Lord Mandelson's links to the precocious billionaire were exposed successful a 2019 study by JP Morgan bank, filed successful a New York court.
Epstein killed himself successful August of that twelvemonth portion awaiting proceedings connected charges of enactment trafficking minors.
He had antecedently served an 18-month condemnation aft pleading blameworthy to procuring a idiosyncratic nether the property of 18 for prostitution.
Whilst serving that sentence, the JP Morgan study suggests that Mr Mandelson stayed astatine Epstein's Manhattan flat.
Epstein wrote to his backstage banker connected 17 June 2009: "Peter volition beryllium staying astatine 71st implicit weekend…"
At the time, Lord Mandelson was the Business Secretary successful the UK authorities nether then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown. He was appointed UK ambassador to the United States successful December 2024.
Sky News asked him if helium did, indeed, enactment astatine Epstein's level portion the disgraced financier was successful jail.
He replied: "I'm not answering immoderate questions astir him. My cognition of him is thing I regret, I privation I'd ne'er met him successful the archetypal place."
Asked wherefore helium had an relation with Epstein whilst helium was successful jail, Lord Mandelson replied: "Why did galore radical conscionable him? He was a prolific networker. And I privation I'd ne'er met him successful the archetypal place."
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As US ambassador, Lord Mandelson represents Britain's interests successful Washington and has vowed to dainty Donald Trump's medication with "respect, seriousness and knowing of wherever they are coming from politically".
This comes aft Lord Mandelson described the US president arsenic a "danger to the world", for which helium apologised earlier this year.
He told the Alain Elkann Interviews podcast successful 2019: "What Donald Trump represents and believes is an anathema to mainstream British opinion."
Mr Mandelson added: "Even those who person a sneaking admiration for Donald Trump due to the fact that of his personality, nevertheless respect him arsenic reckless, and a information to the world."
But successful January this year, Lord Mandelson said helium present considered his remarks "as ill-judged and wrong".
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