Lord Mandelson appears to have recommended a holiday home to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein with "privacy" to host his "guests", documents released by the US Department of Justice suggest.
In an email to Epstein in 2010, he says he "found you a great place to stay on the Amalfi coast" offering "privacy with accompanying rooms for your 'guests'", according to documents in which Lord Mandelson's email address is redacted.
Quote marks are used around the word "guests".
A spokesperson for Lord Mandelson said he "did not discover the truth about Epstein until after his death in 2019" and his lawyers said he had "no recollection of this email, which was sent over 15 years ago".
BBC News and The Bureau of Investigative Journalism have identified Lord Mandelson as the sender of the email in part because his email address is partially visible despite the redaction.
