Epstein sent £10,000 to Mandelson's partner, emails reveal
Epstein sent £10,000 to Mandelson's partner, emails reveal
New DOJ release shows Epstein wired £10,000 to Mandelson's partner, with emails detailing the loan and its timing.
A massive release of documents from the U.S. Department of Justice has shed new light on the ties between Jeffrey Epstein and a key figure in British politics. Among millions of pages released, emails show Epstein sent £10,000 to Reinaldo Avila da Silva, the partner of Lord Peter Mandelson, in September 2009. The correspondence includes a direct message from Epstein offering to wire the loan amount immediately and a follow-up note thanking him for the funds as it arrived in the account.
Mandelson, a long-standing figure in Labour-era politics and a former business secretary who served as a de facto deputy prime minister, publicly acknowledged his mistake in maintaining a friendship with Epstein long after Epstein’s 2009 conviction. He has since called his association with Epstein a “terrible mistake” and offered an apology to the victims.
The exchanges appear as part of a broader DOJ release of more than three million pages related to Epstein. The timeline places the emails one year after Epstein’s guilty plea for soliciting prostitution from a minor. At the time, Mandelson was a central figure in government discussions about business and international ties. While Mandelson says he was never culpable or complicit in Epstein’s crimes, the disclosures prompt renewed scrutiny of how intimate connections between powerful figures and Epstein were managed.
As investigators and commentators parse the new material, the focus remains on transparency and accountability in political circles. The ongoing release of Epstein-related documents continues to unfold, with further details expected to emerge about the reach of Epstein’s network and the responses of those within it.
