Former British Ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson assured the UK government it would “never regret” appointing him, according to documents released on June 1.
More than 1,500 pages relating to the appointment of Mandelson, a friend of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as envoy to Washington at the start of U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term were released to comply with lawmakers’ demands for transparency.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer fired Mandelson after he had been in the role for just nine months. In March, Starmer said the appointment was a mistake but added he was not told that Mandelson had failed security vetting….