2026-02-06 / CBS新闻
伦敦——到目前为止，英国首相基尔·斯塔默尚未与爱泼斯坦文件中披露的任何涉嫌不当行为产生关联。但他决定任命另一位其与杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的关系已被文件揭露的政客担任华盛顿特区的重要大使职位，这引发了激烈的反对。
在他总理任期内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的辞职呼吁。
“他知道什么，什么时候知道的？”这是斯塔默在去年决定任命彼得·曼德尔森为英国驻美国最高外交官（尽管曼德尔森与爱泼斯坦的关系众所周知）后引发的愤怒中面临的重大问题。
美国国会去年公布的文件显示，在这名被定罪的恋童癖者获释后，曼德尔森仍与他保持联系；司法部上周最新大规模披露的文件则对他可能与这位美国金融家分享国家机密提出了谴责性质疑。
爱泼斯坦文件中有关彼得·曼德尔森的内容
斯塔默可能希望他在去年9月解除曼德尔森美国大使职务时已经处理了这一丑闻。此前，美国众议院公布的文件显示，斯塔默所在的工党同僚曼德尔森在2008年因招妓和为儿童招妓罪被定罪后，多年来仍与爱泼斯坦保持密切关系。
但上周五发生了一场政治地震。司法部最新公布的文件似乎显示，当曼德尔森还是前首相戈登·布朗内阁成员时，且内阁正应对2008年全球金融危机的巨大余波之际，他向爱泼斯坦泄露了英国政府的机密、具有市场敏感性的信息，这可能使这位纽约金融家及其客户受益。
伦敦大都会警察局目前正在调查曼德尔森的行为，以确定其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自行审查，结果似乎
（注：原文未完整显示，此处为现有内容翻译）
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Could the Epstein scandal topple U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer?
2026-02-06 / 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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