Like many rich and powerful men before him, the British politician Peter Mandelson remained in politics even after his many connections to Jeffrey Epstein became public in the years after the sex criminal’s death. But last year, Labour prime minister Keir Starmer fired Mandelson as U.K. ambassador to the United States after new documents showed the extent of their friendship — including emails in which Mandelson wrote that he was “furious” about Epstein’s 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor.

With the Justice Department’s massive release of Epstein material on January 30, Mandelson’s relationship is now threatening the entire Starmer administration, with multiple resignations and calls for the PM to step down for his decision to appoint Mandelson as ambassador in late 2024.

This time, the crisis stems from Mandelson’s emails during the financial crisis in which he gave Epstein market-sensitive information about the........

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