By Sadie York
Within the latest release of the Epstein files, a new name, belonging to the UK Labour Party’s Peter Mandelson, has surfaced. Within the last few days, Mandelson has promptly resigned from the Labour Party and may be stripped of his title as “lord.” Upon looking into a few of the 3 million new Epstein documents, it appears Mandelson and Epstein shared a close relationship. It has been indicated that Epstein made three separate transactions of $25,000 to Mandelson between 2003 and 2004. Furthermore, while working as a business secretary under Gordon Brown in 2009, Mandelson forwarded private government emails regarding the UK’s languishing economy to Epstein himself.
In his resignation letter, Mandelson writes he feels “regretful and sorry” about his linkage to Epstein, but denies all allegations regarding the payments made to him 20 years ago, in which he has “no record or recollection.”
In 2025, Mandelson was fired as the UK ambassador to the U.S. after a note in which Mandelson had claimed Epstein was his “best pal” had been disclosed in correspondence. However, this was not yet reason enough for termination from the House of Lords. Despite his role remaining, Mandelson had still attracted a disrupted audience. In an interview from last year, Mandelson claimed he “fell for [Epstein’s] lies” and took Epstein’s assurances on his 2009 conviction for soliciting underage prostitution at “face value.”
Currently, Mandelson states he expects more to come to light through the various “Epstein files” releases, and makes the point that “we know they are going to come out, we know they are going to be very embarrassing, and they know I am going profoundly to regret ever having met him, and being introduced to him in the first place, but I can’t rewrite history.”