Overview
- Bank records in the release reportedly show three $25,000 transfers to accounts linked to Peter Mandelson in 2003–04; he questions the documents’ authenticity and says he has no recollection.
- Mandelson resigned his Labour membership saying he would not cause further embarrassment and would investigate the claims, as undated images also surfaced showing him in underwear beside a redacted woman.
- The DOJ tranche totals roughly three million pages, 180,000 images and about 2,000 videos, with prosecutors noting the public release is incomplete and that inclusion in files is not evidence of wrongdoing.
- UK ministers and victims’ advocates urged Mandelson and Andrew Mountbatten‑Windsor to give evidence, while US House Oversight sources signaled a possible formal demand to summon Mandelson.
- Files include an email of Andrew inviting Epstein to Buckingham Palace and photos appearing to show him over a woman; he denies wrongdoing as lawyers for a second accuser pressed the palace for accountability.