"It was the evening of 6 May 2010 and months after being released from jail for procuring a child for prostitution, Jeffrey Epstein was curious as to the result of Britain's general election. Well? he emailed Peter Mandelson, the then de facto deputy prime minister in Gordon Brown's government. Twenty minutes later, and a few hours before the polls were due to close, Mandelson responded: We are praying for a hung parliament. Alternatively, a well hung young man."
"Mandelson's relationship with the financier was professional and personal - intimate even - with the boundaries between the two blurred to the point of being non-existent. When the Labour peer believed that his then-partner, now husband, Reinaldo Avila da Silva had gained access to his text messages in March 2010, it was to Epstein that he turned for help. I have had v bad setback with R who has somehow got into my texts,"
Jeffrey Epstein, months after release from jail for procuring a child for prostitution, contacted Peter Mandelson on 6 May 2010 asking about Britain's general election result. Mandelson replied jokingly about a 'hung parliament' and a 'well hung young man.' Emails released by the US justice department indicate close, intimate ties between Epstein and Mandelson over several years, blurring professional and personal boundaries. Mandelson was withdrawn as US ambassador, later resigned from the Labour party, and faces calls for a police investigation. Mandelson sought Epstein's assistance when his partner accessed his texts in March 2010.
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