Top US lawmaker savages Starmer and Andrew over Epstein… demands answers from THE KING: ‘This may bring down the government’
The Epstein files threaten to bring down the British government and leave the monarchy more vulnerable than ever, a senior American lawmaker has warned.
Ro Khanna, who co-authored the congressional bill forcing Donald Trump to release the files, was asked about Lord Peter Mandelson and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor ahead of Ghislaine Maxwell’s closed-door deposition on Tuesday.
“From what I hear, Mandelson could overthrow the entire government,” the California Democratic representative said before entering a House Oversight Committee hearing; here Maxwell had the Fifth hearing and presented no evidence.
‘[Mandelson] He committed terrible acts. The allegations are very serious; He was working for Gordon Brown and was later reporting that Britain had probably bought the Euro and that Epstein was trading on it.’
He added: ‘I think this is the most vulnerable situation the British monarchy has ever faced.’
Mr Khanna said they ‘should ask questions of the King and Queen’ and suggested ‘maybe this will be the end of the monarchy’.
The US lawmaker appears to be referring to recent events in which King Charles was pressured by the public over Andrew’s ties to Epstein.
Sir Keir Starmer faced the biggest crisis of his premiership on Monday when Scotland’s Labor leader Ana Sarwar called on him to resign over the Mandelson scandal.
U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, a Democrat from California, speaks with reporters before entering the House Oversight Committee’s closed-door virtual testimony with Ghislaine Maxwell on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on February 9.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks with British ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson during a welcome reception at the ambassador’s residence on February 26, 2025
Prince Andrew, Duke of York attends the Funeral of the Duchess of Kent at Westminster Cathedral in London on September 16, 2025
The Prime Minister’s position is in jeopardy over his decision to appoint Lord Mandelson as US ambassador despite his friendship with the pedophile financier.
Mr Sarwar said he considered Sir Keir a ‘friend’ and a ‘decent man’ but there were ‘too many mistakes’.
“The distraction needs to end and the leadership in Downing Street needs to change,” he told a press conference in Glasgow.
But as Mr Sarwar spoke, a number of Cabinet ministers made statements supporting Sir Keir.
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said Mr Sarwar was ‘wrong’, while chief whip Jonathan Reynolds said: ‘Resorting to infighting at this time does not serve the country.’
Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy was the first in the cabinet to share his support on social media, saying: ‘We must not let anything distract us from our mission to change Britain and we support the Prime Minister in doing so.’
Labor has 37 MPs in Scotland, who will now have to decide whether to support Mr Sarwar or remain loyal to Sir Keir.
Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander backed Sir Keir.
Two of Sir Keir’s senior aides, Chief of Staff Morgan McSweeney and Communications Chief Tim Allan, resigned in the last 48 hours over Lord Mandelson’s appointment.
Sir Keir told staff at Downing Street on Monday morning that they must ‘move forward from here’ and prove that politics can be ‘a force for good’.
Speaking to his team about Mandelson, Sir Keir said: ‘What angers me most is the undermining of the belief that politics can be a force for good and change lives.’
The Prime Minister insisted he was misled by Lord Mandelson about his relationship with Epstein during the review process.
Sir Keir was forced to commit to publishing a series of materials last week following a rebellion by MPs.
As the government prepares for the long process of releasing tens of thousands of emails, messages and documents relating to Lord Mandelson’s appointment, the pressure on his premiership is unlikely to ease.
Sir Keir believes the files will prove the Labor ambassador lied about the extent of his ties to Epstein during the investigation.
He and his former chief of staff, McSweeney, who resigned on Sunday, blamed scrutiny by the security services for failing to rebut Lord Mandelson’s claims that he barely knew the late financier, allegations dramatically refuted by revelations in the Epstein files.
British police last week launched a criminal investigation into Lord Mandelson over emails showing he may have shared market-sensitive information with the convicted sex offender.
Lord Mandelson resigned from the House of Lords last Tuesday. He will retain the title given to him for life when he was appointed to the upper house in 2008.
