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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jessica Elgot and Emine Sinmaz

Mandelson could face police inquiry over alleged leak to Epstein

Peter Mandelson
Latest Epstein files release appears to show Peter Mandelson sent a string of emails to Jeffrey Epstein containing confidential government information. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

Peter Mandelson is facing a possible police investigation into his alleged leak of market-sensitive information to Jeffrey Epstein at the height of the financial crisis.

New disclosures from the Epstein files appear to show Mandelson sent a string of emails to the late sex offender containing confidential information that the government was receiving to deal with the global crash while he was business secretary under Gordon Brown.

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