Police investigating bailout email from Mandelson to Epstein
Met chief Sir Mark Rowley says police are looking at whether the email was a criminal offence.
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Police investigating bailout email from Mandelson to Epstein 10 minutes ago Share Save Becky Morton Political reporter Share Save Police are investigating a 2010 email Lord Mandelson appeared to share with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein about an EU bailout after the financial crash, Met chief Sir Mark Rowley has said. In an interview with ABC News in the US , the head of the Metropolitan Police said officers were looking at whether this was a criminal offence. The UK's former ambassador to the US is under investigation over allegations of misconduct in public office. He has repeatedly let it be known that he believes he has not acted criminally, did not act for personal gain and is co-operating with the police. One email released by the US Justice Department as part of the Epstein files earlier this year suggests Lord Mandelson gave the financier advance notice of a €500bn bailout by the EU to save the ailing Euro. The evening before the announcement on 10 May 2010, Epstein emailed Lord Mandelson to say: "sources tell me 500 b euro bailout , almost complete." The documents appear to show Lord Mandelson replied: "Sd be announced tonight." Epstein then asked if Mandelson was home and received a reply, saying: "Just leaving No10..will call." Lord Mandelson arrest - how did we get here? Who is Peter Mandelson? Sir Mark told ABC News: "As we've said publicly with Peter Mandelson, the former ambassador, there is a particular e-mail to do with bailouts after the financial crash in the sort of, I think 2008-2009. "It looks like it was shared with Epstein, so we're looking at that as to whether that's a criminal offence." He added that Thames Valley Police were also looking at other documents potentially shared by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. The former prince is also under investigation on suspicion of misconduct in public office. He was arrested after the force said it was assessing a complaint over the alleged sharing of confidential material with Epstein. Sir Mark...
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