"The SNP and Reform UK reported Mandelson to the police to investigate any possible offences. Emily Thornberry, the Labour chair of the foreign affairs select committee, also said she believed his apparent actions should merit a criminal inquiry. The new disclosures from the Epstein files appeared to suggest Mandelson sent emails to the late sex offender containing confidential information that the government was receiving to deal with the global financial crash while he was business secretary under Gordon Brown."
"They are thought to have included: A confidential UK government document outlining 20bn in asset sales. Mandelson claiming he was trying hard to change government policy on bankers' bonuses. An imminent bailout package for the euro the day before it was announced in 2010. A suggestion that the JPMorgan boss mildly threaten the chancellor. A 2004 court of appeal case said the constituent elements of the common law offence were: A public officer acting as such."
Police have received multiple reports alleging possible misconduct in public office related to Peter Mandelson. Disclosures linked to Jeffrey Epstein suggest Mandelson sent emails to Epstein containing confidential government information during the global financial crisis while serving as business secretary under Gordon Brown. The documents reportedly included a confidential UK government paper on 20bn in asset sales, claims about attempts to change bankers' bonuses policy, details of an imminent euro bailout, and a suggestion that the JPMorgan boss threatened the chancellor. The common law offence requires a public officer wilfully neglecting duty or wilfully misconducting himself to an extent that abuses public trust. The offence is criticised as ill-defined, carries a maximum life sentence, is being replaced by a statutory offence, and prosecutions are rare with few convictions and no recent government figures identified.
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