Here are details that have emerged about the ex-minister’s relationship with the convicted child sex offender
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Peter Mandelson has resigned from the Labour party over his links to the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Here’s how the depth of their relationship – both before and after Epstein’s conviction for sexual crimes – has come to light.
There are at least two occasions on which it is alleged Epstein handed large sums of money to Lord Mandelson or his husband.
Mandelson directly referenced one of the claims when announcing his resignation from the Labour party. Bank statements held among the Epstein files released by the US Department of Justice appear to show that in 2003 to 2004 the disgraced financier paid a total of $75,000 (£54,750) into bank accounts of which Mandelson – then a Labour MP – was believed to be a beneficiary.
