Then-EU Commissioner for Trade Peter Mandelson, at the EU headquarters in Brussels, on July 17, 2008. DOMINIQUE FAGET / AFP
The European Commission said, on Thursday, February 26, that it asked the bloc's anti-fraud agency to "look into" whether former United Kingdom commissioner Peter Mandelson had violated rules applying to commissioners, after documents showing his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were released.
Brussels wants to determine whether the high-profile UK politician breached the code of conduct to which both current and former commissioners are bound, including rules on secrecy and the ban on receiving gifts or favors. Mandelson, 72, is at the centre of a political storm following the publication of troves of documents detailing his relationship with Epstein.
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