Blair enters the Epstein controversy.
After the firing of Lord Peter Mandelson as US ambassador, the wall of silence imposed by the British authorities on Jeffrey Epstein’s documents has started to collapse.
The National Archives has just complied with a Freedom of Information request, with intriguing revelations.
It arises that Leftist Labour icon Sir Tony Blair met with Jeffrey Epstein in Downing Street while he was still prime minister, following diligent lobbying by Mandelson.
BBC reported:
“A memo written by senior civil servant Matthew Rycroft, dated 14 May 2002, briefs Sir Tony about “super-rich” financial adviser Epstein ahead of a meeting scheduled at 17.00 GMT that day.”
The Downing Street meeting happened in 2002, six years before Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from a minor in Florida.
“Emails seen by BBC News show Lord Mandelson pushed for the meeting, telling Sir Tony’s chief of staff Jonathan Powell that Epstein was ‘a friend of mine’ who ex-US President Bill Clinton hoped to introduce to the PM.”
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