U.K. releases second batch of files on Mandelson's appointment as U.S. Ambassador

Key points

• The U.K. Government released a vast trove of documents relating to Peter Mandelson’s appointment as U.S. Ambassador, in a move that threatens to cause fresh damage to Keir Starmer’s faltering premiership.
• More than 1,500 pages of documentation were published on the British government’s website just after 2 p.m. local time.
• They include emails, text messages and other exchanges between government ministers, aides and Mr. Mandelson in the run-up to his appointment as U.S. Envoy, a post he held from February to September 2025. The release resurfaces a saga that has weakened and embarrassed Mr. Starmer over the nine months since Bloomberg News exposed the extent of Mr. Mandelson’s ties with the late pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.
• An earlier tranche of documents in March showed official vetting of Mr. Mandelson had warned of “reputational risks” over Mr. Mandelson’s Epstein ties.
• The scale of Monday’s (June 1, 2026) drop — described by...