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The Metropolitan Police investigation into whether Peter Mandelson improperly shared confidential, potentially market-sensitive government information with Jeffrey Epstein had reportedly stalled because British investigators still did not have access to the unredacted Epstein files held by U.S. authorities. Scotland Yard had initially sought the material through informal law-enforcement channels before escalating the request into a formal mutual legal assistance process, which could take as long as a year and still offered no guarantee that the Justice Department would turn over everything investigators wanted. Mandelson, who had served as business secretary and later as Britain’s ambassador to the United States, was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office on February 23, 2026, and his properties were searched. Investigators were examining allegations that he had passed sensitive information to Epstein while in government, although Mandelson had denied wrongdoing.

Concerns were now growing that the investigation could ultimately collapse if Scotland Yard could not obtain the unredacted records, which were considered potentially crucial to determining exactly what Mandelson communicated to Epstein and whether any criminal offense had occurred. Detectives could still attempt to build a case through interviews with former politicians and officials, but the missing U.S. material appeared to represent a significant evidentiary gap. Reports suggested that the Trump administration was reluctant to release files that might generate additional political fallout, although the Justice Department denied refusing cooperation and said both countries were required to follow established legal procedures governing international evidence sharing. The controversy therefore placed the Mandelson investigation inside the larger dispute over Epstein transparency: even after millions of pages had been released, redactions and unreleased material remained capable of directly affecting active criminal investigations outside the United States.


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Fears for Mandelson investigation as Met still doesn’t have unredacted Epstein files | The Independent