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伦敦——在美国司法部上周公布的电子邮件显示，前英国驻美国大使彼得·曼德尔森可能曾与已故金融家、被判犯有性犯罪的杰弗里·爱泼斯坦分享英国政府机密文件后，英国警方已对其展开调查。这些文件涉及曼德尔森近二十年前在英国政府担任高级官员期间的相关内容。
大都会警察局指挥官埃拉·马里奥特周二在一份声明中表示：”随着美国司法部进一步公布与杰弗里·爱泼斯坦相关的数百万份法庭文件，伦敦警方（Met）收到了多起关于公职人员不当行为的举报，其中包括英国政府的移交案件。我可以确认，伦敦警方现已对一名72岁的男子（一名前政府部长）涉嫌公职人员不当行为展开调查。”
上周五公布的电子邮件似乎显示，2009年至2010年曼德尔森担任英国商务大臣期间，他曾向爱泼斯坦分享了机密的、具有市场敏感性的信息。
当时正值英国、美国和欧洲政府仍在努力应对全球金融危机，在周五公布的一封2009年电子邮件中，曼德尔森证实了欧元区将有5000亿欧元纾困方案的传闻，并告诉爱泼斯坦该公告将于当晚发布。
2025年6月18日，前英国驻美国大使彼得·曼德尔森勋爵抵达伦敦市中心的内阁办公室（档案照片）。乔纳森·布雷迪/PA图像/盖蒂图片社
2010年的另一封邮件中，曼德尔森向爱泼斯坦发送了一份政府内部通讯，内容是：”有趣的注释已提交给首相。”
该备忘录似乎是当时首相戈登·布朗的一位顾问所写，详细描述了英国经济面临的困境，并建议出售政府持有的资产以筹集资金。
司法部上周五公布的其他文件显示，2003年至2004年间，爱泼斯坦分三笔每笔25,000美元的交易向曼德尔森支付了75,000美元。当时曼德尔森还是一名普通公民。
周五公布的文件还显示，2009年，爱泼斯坦向曼德尔森的丈夫雷纳尔多·阿维拉·达席尔瓦支付了近12,000美元，用于其整骨疗法课程费用。
调查人员正在审查曼德尔森是否滥用了其职位，批评者质疑这可能构成国家安全漏洞。
这一事件给首相基尔·斯塔默带来了更大压力，因为他去年任命曼德尔森为英国驻美国最高外交官。
斯塔默办公室周二表示，已对周五在华盛顿公布的文件进行了内部审查。该办公室在一份声明中称，已得出结论：”敏感信息被不当分享，相关保障措施存在漏洞”，并且”鉴于这些信息，内阁办公室已将相关材料移交警方”。
斯塔默曾表示，曼德尔森与爱泼斯坦的关系在其被任命为驻美大使时已接受过审查，但曼德尔森对其与美国金融家关系的程度撒了谎。
斯塔默在周三的议会讲话中称：”曼德尔森背叛了我们的国家、议会和我的政党。”
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻寻求曼德尔森对这些指控的置评。上个月，他在接受英国广播公司采访时否认知晓爱泼斯坦的性犯罪行为或参与其中。
本周早些时候，曼德尔森在正式退出工党时的一封信中，也否认收到过爱泼斯坦的付款，称”我认为20年前他向我支付了一笔款项的指控是虚假的，我没有任何相关记录或记忆，需要由我进行调查。”
在本周《伦敦时报》发表的采访中，曼德尔森表示，支付给他伴侣的任何款项都不会影响他作为政府部长的立场。
他说：”认为给雷纳尔多提供整骨疗法奖学金会影响我或其他人对银行业政策的看法，这是可笑的。”
在其数十年的工党政治生涯中，曼德尔森因以无情、善于利用媒体解决问题而著称，被称为”黑暗王子”。
许多政治评论员认为，正是这种善于建立人脉的政治操纵者声誉，让他在特朗普开始第二个任期后不久就获得了这一令人垂涎的大使职位。
今年9月，美国众议院公布的与爱泼斯坦相关文件显示，在这位名誉扫地的金融家2008年因招揽卖淫和为卖淫招募儿童等罪名被定罪多年后，曼德尔森仍与他保持密切关系，斯塔默随即解除了他的大使职务。
Police probing Peter Mandelson, ex-U.K. ambassador to U.S., as Epstein files suggest he shared state secrets
February 4, 2026 / 1:02 PM EST / CBS News
London — U.K. police have launched an investigation into former British Ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson after the U.S. Department of Justice released emails last week that indicate he may have shared confidential U.K. government documents with the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The documents relate to years during which Mandelson served as a senior official in the British government nearly two decades ago.
“Following the further release of millions of court documents in relation to Jeffrey Epstein by the United States Department of Justice, the Met received a number of reports into alleged misconduct in public office including a referral from the U.K. Government,” Metropolitan Police Commander Ella Marriott said in a statement Tuesday. “I can confirm that the Metropolitan Police has now launched an investigation into a 72-year-old man, a former Government Minister, for misconduct in public office offenses.”
Emails released last Friday appear to show that while Mandelson was in government as the U.K. Business Secretary in 2009 and 2010, he shared confidential, market-sensitive information with Epstein.
It was a period when the U.K., U.S. and European governments were still battling to contain the global financial crisis, and in one 2009 email released Friday, Mandelson confirmed rumors of a €500 billion eurozone bailout, telling Epstein the announcement would come that night.
Then-U.K. Ambassador to the U.S., Lord Peter Mandelson arrives at the Cabinet Office in central London, in a June 18, 2025, file photo. Jonathan Brady/PA Images/Getty
In another 2010 exchange, Mandelson sent an internal government communication to Epstein, with the message: “Interesting note that’s gone to the PM.”
The memo in question appeared to be a note from an advisor to then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown, detailing the U.K.’s struggling economy with a policy recommendation to sell off government-held assets in order to raise revenue.
Other documents released by the Justice Department on Friday appear to show that Epstein made $75,000 in payments to Mandelson in three separate $25,000 transactions in 2003 and 2004. Mandelson was a private citizen at that time.
Documents released Friday also suggest that, in 2009, Epstein sent almost $12,000 to Reinaldo Avila da Silva, Mandelson’s husband, to pay for an osteopathy course.
Investigators are examining whether Mandelson abused his position, with critics raising questions about potential national security breaches.
It has put more pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer over his decision to appoint Mandelson last year as Britain’s top diplomat in the U.S.
Starmer’s office said Tuesday that it had conducted its own review of the documents released on Friday in Washington. In a statement, it said it had concluded that “safeguards were compromised” in relation to sensitive information being shared improperly, and, “in light of this information the Cabinet Office has referred this material to the police.”
Starmer has said Mandelson’s links to Epstein were vetted as part of his appointment to the U.S. ambassadorship, but that Mandelson had lied about the extent of his relationship with the American financier.
“Mandelson betrayed our country, our parliament, and my party,” Starmer said in parliament on Wednesday.
CBS News has sought comment from Mandelson on the allegations. In an interview with the BBC last month, he denied any knowledge of or complicity in Epstein’s sexual crimes.
In a letter in which Mandelson formally resigned from the Labour Party earlier this week, he also denied receiving payments from Epstein, saying, “allegations which I believe to be false that he made financial payments to me 20 years ago, and of which I have no record or recollection, need investigating by me.”
In an interview published by the Times of London this week, Mandelson said any payments made to his partner did not influence his position as a government minister.
“The idea that giving Reinaldo an osteopath bursary is going to sway mine or anyone else’s views about banking policy is risible,” he said.
During his decades-long career as a Labour Party politician, he earned the nickname “the Prince of Darkness,” for the record he built up as a ruthless, media-savvy problem solver.
Many political pundits believe it was that reputation as a well-connected political maneuverer that landed him the coveted ambassadorship not long after Mr. Trump began his second term.
Starmer fired him from that position in September, after Epstein-related documents released by the U.S. House of Representatives showed Mandelson had maintained a close relationship with Epstein years after the disgraced financier’s 2008 conviction on charges of solicitation of prostitution and procuring a child for prostitution.
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