The 72 year old Lord Peter Mandelson is resigning as a member of the House of Lords, the British First Chamber. Chairman Lord Forsyth announced this on Tuesday, according to the BBC. The US government released new information from the Epstein dossier last Friday. This again included incriminating documents about Mandelson, who maintained a friendship with the sex offender.
Mandelson surrendered his Labor membership on Sunday to spare the party “further embarrassment”. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has openly said he hoped Mandelson would step down as Lord.
The released documents appear to show that between 2003 and 2004, Epstein transferred approximately $75,000 to accounts allegedly linked to Mandelson. The Brit wants to investigate for himself whether the documents are authentic, thus Politico. He doubts that.
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It also appears that in 2009, as then Minister of Economic Affairs, Mandelson leaked a tax document, probably intended for then Prime Minister Gordon Brown, to the American investor Epstein. “Interesting note sent to the Prime Minister,” read the accompanying text in the email. The document talked about the proposed sale of state assets.
Starmer dismissed his party colleague Mandelson as British ambassador to Washington last September. Released email exchanges then showed that Mandelson expressed support for Epstein in 2008, who had just been convicted of paid sexual abuse of a minor. Mandelson eventually apologized.
The British House of Lords (House of Lords). more than 800 members. The Prime Minister appoints the vast majority of the Senate for life, but may not take away that office (life peers). A smaller part owes the position to a noble title (hereditary peers). Starmer hopes members of the House of Lords will help facilitate the expulsion of Lords who have brought the institution into “disrepute”.
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