UK Ambassador to US Sacked Over Epstein Emails

DaisyDay said:

Being US ambassador 'privilege of my life', Mandelson says, after being sacked over Epstein emails

The Foreign Office says he was fired "in light of additional information", a day after the prime minister backed him in the Commons.

www.bbc.com

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Peter Mandelson has been sacked as the UK's ambassador to the US - the third sacking of his long political career.​

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The trigger, the Foreign Office says, was a cache of emails revealing "additional information" that it says showed his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, the late convicted paedophile, was "materially different" than known at the time of his appointment.​

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The BBC understands that Mandelson disputes the Foreign Office's suggestion that the emails show he thought Epstein's conviction was "wrongful", instead that he thought the length of the sentence should be challenged.​

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Downing Street says Keir Starmer found the emails "reprehensible", and that it was "not involved" in the security vetting before Mandelson's appointment.​

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Perhaps Starmer hasn't heard that it's all a "Democrat hoax".

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iluvatar5150 said:

These days, you'd think being an Epstein buddy would be an advantage in that role.

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