Peter Mandelson has been accused of passing on information to the convicted paedophile.
Lord Peter Mandelson has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. The Metropolitan Police said the 72-year-old was taken to a London police station for interview on Monday.
The former Labour minister has been accused of passing sensitive information onto paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein during his time as business secretary. Two of his properties were previously searched by police in connection with the allegations, which surfaced following the US Department of Justice’s document dump related to Epstein last month.
The first tranche of documents related to his appointment as US ambassador is expected to be released “very shortly in early March”, MPs have also been told. However, the publication of some correspondence between Downing Street and the peer will be delayed “because of the Metropolitan Police interest”, Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Darren Jones said.
Mr Jones’ statement came minutes before the Metropolitan Police announced the arrest.
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