Police ‘set to interview Gordon Brown’ in probe over Peter Mandelson revealing Cabinet secrets to Jeffrey Epstein
Allegedly, police will interview Gordon Brown as part of the investigation into Peter Mandelson’s connection with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Detectives at Scotland Yard will reportedly invite the former prime minister for an interview to discuss his work in Lord Mandelson’s New Labor government.
The disgraced peer was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office in February following searches of his properties in North London and Wiltshire.
He was accused of providing sensitive information to Epstein between 2008 and 2010 when he served as trade minister in Mr Brown’s government.
The Metropolitan Police are said to be hoping that interviews with people in government with Lord Mandelson will provide enough evidence to charge him.
This is because detectives are facing delays in obtaining unredacted copies of the ‘Epstein files’ released in the US. Telegram.
The FBI did not respond to Scotland Yard’s request for the files, which it made as part of an informal agreement to share information, the newspaper said.
He added that this could force the UK Government to pursue a bureaucratic ‘mutual legal assistance’ process to secure documents.
It was claimed that the police will interview Gordon Brown as part of the investigation into Peter Mandelson’s connection with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Lord Mandelson was arrested in February on suspicion of abuse of public office following searches of his properties in North London and Wiltshire.
Mr Brown has previously said suggestions that Lord Mandelson passed information to Epstein while in government were a ‘betrayal of everything we stand for as a country’.
The former prime minister also said he ‘deeply regrets’ appointing Lord Mandelson as business minister in 2008 and making him his colleague.
Lord Mandelson was sacked as Britain’s ambassador to the US last year after his links to Epstein were revealed, just seven months after he was appointed to the Washington post by Keir Starmer.
Prime Minister shaken by scandal over Lord Mandelson’s appointment; many Labor MPs are now considering whether to abandon it.
Lord Mandelson has vowed to co-operate with the Met Police investigation and ‘clear his name’.
He has refused to release documents about Epstein in the United States that show he broke any laws or acted for personal gain, and has repeatedly said he regrets his friendship with Epstein.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: ‘We do not comment on our ongoing investigation.’
A spokesman for Mr Brown said: ‘Neither Mr Brown nor anyone on his behalf was approached by the police in relation to an interview regarding Lord Mandelson.’
