LONDON: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer apologized Thursday to victims of Jeffrey Epstein for appointing Peter Mandelson as the UK’s ambassador to Washington despite his ties to the disgraced financier. The prime minister said Mandelson had “portrayed Epstein as someone he barely knew.” In a speech on Thursday, he said “I am sorry … for having believed Mandelson’s lies and appointed him.” Starmer fired Mandelson in September after emails were published showing that he maintained a friendship with Epstein following the late financier’s 2008 conviction for sex offenses involving a minor.

Former minister apparently shared confidential government emails with child sex offender and financier

Peter Mandelson ha annunciato di volersi dimettere dal seggio che occupa alla Camera dei Lord dopo il coinvolgimento nello scandalo del defunto faccendiere pedofilo americano…