London, United Kingdom — The political career of Lord Peter Mandelson has effectively reached its end. On Sunday, February 1, Mandelson resigned his membership from the Labour Party following the release of a massive tranche of documents from the U.S. Department of Justice.
The files appear to confirm that between 2003 and 2004, Mandelson received three separate payments of $25,000 from Jeffrey Epstein.
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More damaging still are logs showing that in 2009, while serving in Gordon Brown’s cabinet, Mandelson allegedly leaked sensitive Treasury insights to Epstein to assist JPMorgan’s lobbying efforts.
The “Prince of Darkness” in the Spotlight Mandelson’s defense—that he has “no recollection” of the payments—has found little traction in a Westminster environment now determined to distance itself from the Epstein scandal.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who dismissed Mandelson as the UK Ambassador to the United States last year over similar ties, has now ordered an urgent civil service review into Mandelson’s contacts with Epstein during his time in government.
This move signals a shift from mere political distancing to potential legal or institutional accountability for the man once known as the “Prince of Darkness.”
