Police searching Peter Mandelson's houses amid criminal investigation

The Metropolitan Police confirmed officers were searching his properties in London and Wiltshire as they probed allegations of misconduct in public office. Deputy assistant commissioner Hayley Sewart, of the Metropolitan Police, said: “I can confirm that officers from the Met’s central specialist crime team are in the process of carrying out search warrants at two addresses, one in the Wiltshire area, and another in the Camden area. "The searches are related to an ongoing investigation into misconduct in public office offences, involving a 72-year-old man. “He has not been arrested and enquiries are ongoing.” Peter Mandelson pictured during an interview with the BBC (Image: Jeff Overs/BBC/PA Wire) Lord Mandelson denies any wrongdoing. He was reported to police after correspondence between him and Epstein was revealed by the release of a massive tranche of documents by the US Department of Justice. READ MORE: Inside Scottish Labour as MPs fear Mandelson impact on Holyrood election Texts between the two appeared to show Lord Mandelson, then Gordon Brown's business secretary, giving Epstein the inside track on major developments in UK and European politics during the financial crash. He appeared to tip Epstein off about the €500 billion eurozone bailout and appeared to give the notorious paedophile the heads up that Brown had decided to step down in 2010. Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein (Image: US Department of Justice) Lord Mandelson's relationship with the late financier, who died in 2019 while facing charges of running a child sex trafficking ring, threatens to bring down Keir Starmer's premiership. The Prime Minister admitted earlier this week that he knew the disgraced peer, who has stepped back from the House of Lords, maintained a friendship with Epstein after his conviction for child prostitution in 2008. But he decided to appoint Lord Mandelson as ambassador to the US after the peer gave the impression the pair "barely knew" one another. Starmer said he had "no reason" to disbelieve this. Lord Mandelson was twice forced to resign as a minister in the New Labour era over questions about his conduct.

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