2026-02-06T05:28:00-0500 / CBS新闻
伦敦——到目前为止，英国首相基尔·斯塔默尚未与美国司法部公布的爱泼斯坦文件中披露的任何所谓不当行为扯上关系。然而，他决定任命另一位与杰弗里·爱泼斯坦存在关联的政客担任驻华盛顿特区的重要大使职务，却引发了强烈反对。
在其首相任期最动荡的一周结束之际，斯塔默正面临来自政治对手以及党内一些盟友要求他辞去英国最高职位的呼声。
“他知道什么？他何时知晓？”这是斯塔默在去年任命彼得·曼德尔森为英国驻美最高外交官一事引发公众愤怒后面临的关键问题，尽管曼德尔森与爱泼斯坦的关系早已明确。
美国国会去年公布的文件显示，曼德尔森在定罪恋童癖者爱泼斯坦刑满释放后仍与其保持联系。而美国司法部上周最新大规模披露的文件，更是引发了对他可能与这名美国金融家共享国家机密的严重质疑。
爱泼斯坦文件中有关彼得·曼德尔森的内容：
斯塔默或许希望在去年9月解雇曼德尔森美国大使职务后，能彻底解决这场风波。但这一举措是在美国众议院公布文件显示其工党同僚自2008年因 solicitation of prostitution（招揽卖淫）和 procuring a child for prostitution（为卖淫招募儿童）罪名定罪后，仍多年与爱泼斯坦保持密切关系之后。
英国首相基尔·斯塔默（右）与英国前驻美大使彼得·曼德尔森在华盛顿大使官邸的欢迎招待会上交谈，2025年2月26日。卡尔·科特/池/法新社/盖蒂
但上周五却发生了政治地震。美国司法部最新公布的文件似乎显示，当曼德尔森担任前首相戈登·布朗内阁成员期间，在英国政府应对2008年全球金融危机的重大影响时，他向爱泼斯坦泄露了英国政府的机密信息，而这些信息可能对纽约金融家及其客户带来实际利益。
伦敦大都会警察局目前正在调查曼德尔森的行为，以确定是否构成公职人员不当行为，这一罪名最高可判处终身监禁。斯塔默办公室周二表示，他们已对周五公布的文件进行了内部审查，结果显示
Could the Epstein scandal topple U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer?
2026-02-06T05:28:00-0500 / CBS News
London — So far, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hasn’t been linked to any suggested wrongdoing revealed by the Epstein files. But his decision to give another politician, whose ties to Jeffrey Epstein have been laid bare by the documents, the vital job of ambassador in Washington D.C. has drawn a ferocious backlash.
As the most tumultuous week in his premiership ends, Starmer is facing calls from his political opponents, and some party allies, to step down from Britain’s top job.
What did he know, and when did he know it? Those are the big questions facing Starmer amid outrage over his decision last year to appoint Peter Mandelson as Britain’s top diplomat in the United States, despite Mandelson’s known ties to Epstein.
Documents released by the U.S. Congress last year showed Mandelson maintained contact with Epstein after the convicted pedophile was released from jail, and the latest massive dump of files by the Justice Department last week raised damning questions about him possibly sharing state secrets with the American financier.
What’s in the Epstein files about Peter Mandelson?
Starmer may have hoped he’d dealt with the Mandelson scandal when he fired him from the U.S. ambassadorship last September. That came after the U.S. House of Representatives released files showing Starmer’s Labour Party colleague had maintained a close relationship with Epstein for years after his 2008 conviction on charges of solicitation of prostitution and procuring a child for prostitution.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (right) talks with Britain’s then-Ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson during a welcome reception at the ambassador’s residence in Washington, Feb. 26, 2025. CARL COURT/POOL/AFP/Getty
But last Friday brought a political earthquake. The latest documents released by the Department of Justice appear to show that while Mandelson was a member of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s cabinet, and as that cabinet grappled with the seismic aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis, he shared confidential, market-sensitive U.K. government information with Epstein. The information could feasibly have benefited the New York financier and his clients.
The London Metropolitan Police are now investigating Mandelson’s actions to see if they amount to misconduct in public office, a charge which carries a potential life prison sentence. Starmer’s office said Tuesday that it had conducted its own review of the documents released Friday and that it appeared
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