The British Foreign Office granted the former ambassador to Washington a security clearance for his position in the United States in January 2025, despite an unfavorable recommendation from the service responsible for vetting his background.

The decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as envoy to the Trump administration has backfired spectacularly and could bring down the prime minister.

According to revelations by the Guardian on Thursday, April 16, the former ambassador to the United States, implicated in the Jeffrey Epstein affair, was sent to Washington…