Mandelson’s lawyers did not immediately respond to a request for comment. He has previously said he was wrong to have continued his association with Epstein, who died in 2019, and apologized “unequivocally” to Epstein’s victims. Mandelson has said none of the Epstein emails released by the U.S. Department of Justice “indicate wrongdoing or misdemeanor on my part.”
Mandelson served as a European commissioner between 2004 and 2008 and is now at the center of a scandal that has rocked the government of Keir Starmer in Britain.
Police arrested Mandelson on suspicion of misconduct in public office on Monday, before releasing him on bail. Mandelson’s lawyers have previously said he is cooperating with the U.K. police investigation, and that his overriding priority is to “clear his name.”
Recently published files suggest Mandelson helped provide Epstein with information about a €500 billion bailout to save the euro in 2010. Mandelson was a senior British minister at the time and Epstein a financier.
The Commission has previously said that former Commissioners remain bound by rules on ethical conduct.