UK’s ex- US ambassador Mandelson arrested in misconduct probe

Peter Mandelson, the UK’s former ambassador to the US, was arrested from his north London home on Monday on suspicion of misconduct in public office, the Metropolitan Police said. Mandelson had resigned from the House of Lords and Labour Party earlier this month following damaging allegations related to his association with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. He previously served as ambassador to the United States.

Former British Ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, the Metropolitan Police in London announced Monday. The arrest follows search warrants at two addresses in the Wiltshire and Camden, a police statement… pic.twitter.com/501rzcd5kv

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The Met Police had confirmed soon after that the force had opened an investigation into the former frontline Labour politician, who served in the Cabinet under prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. Mandelson, 72, who still holds the British title of “Lord”, has been engulfed in scandal since a trove of emails released by the United States Department of Justice last month shed new light on his connection with the late Epstein. The emails revealed that the two shared a closer relationship than had been publicly known, and that Mandelson shared information with Epstein when he was a minister in former Prime ⁠Minister Gordon Brown’s government.