Epstein Information Spark UK Probe as Trump Says Transfer On

[ad_1] President Donald Trump made a recent plea Tuesday for Individuals to maneuver on from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, even because it left a outstanding British politician going through a legal probe on the opposite facet of the Atlantic.

Former British ambassador to Washington Peter Mandelson resigned from the higher home of parliament amid allegations he handed confidential info to late intercourse offender Epstein.

The fallout from the newest launch of hundreds of thousands of paperwork linked to Epstein continued in the USA too, the place former president Invoice Clinton and his spouse Hillary will testify in Congress later this month.

Republican Trump insisted as soon as once more that he had been cleared by the latest trove of recordsdata as he confronted renewed questions on the White Home over the disgraced financier.

"Nothing got here out about me apart from it was a conspiracy in opposition to me, actually, by Epstein and different folks. However I believe it is time now for the nation to perhaps get on to one thing else like well being care or one thing that individuals care about," Trump mentioned.

Trump added that it was "not a Republican, it is a Democrat downside," in a bid to show the difficulty again to the Clintons, and away from the point out within the recordsdata of allies together with his Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and billionaire Elon Musk.

"It is a disgrace," he mentioned of the Clintons.

Hillary Clinton, the Democrat former U.S. secretary of state who misplaced to Trump within the 2016 election, and her husband will now testify in a US Home investigation into Epstein on February 26 and 27.

Neither Trump nor the Clintons have been accused of legal wrongdoing associated to Epstein's actions.

Trump spent months attempting to dam the disclosure of recordsdata linked to Epstein, earlier than relenting late final yr when an preliminary tranche of recordsdata was launched.

Recent paperwork launched by the U.S. Justice Division final week contained emails between outstanding figures and Epstein, who died by suicide in jail in 2019, usually revealing heat relations, illicit monetary dealings and personal photographs.

The names of some alleged victims, who had been alleged to be anonymized, had been left unredacted, prompting them to petition a U.S. federal court docket for an "fast takedown" of the federal government web site displaying the recordsdata.

Nevertheless, a U.S. federal decide on Tuesday canceled a court docket listening to set for Wednesday, saying that "the events had been in a position to resolve the privateness points."

U.S. Legal professional Normal, Pam Bondi, wrote to the decide on Monday that each one paperwork requested by victims or counsel had been eliminated for additional redaction.

However, Trump's efforts to maneuver on from the Epstein scandal have been hampered because it engulfs key figures from royals to politicians at dwelling and overseas.

"I do not know an excessive amount of about it," Trump mentioned when an AFP reporter requested him to touch upon Mandelson's resignation. "I do know who he's. It is too unhealthy."

Mandelson appeared within the Oval Workplace in Could 2025 and shook fingers with Trump as they introduced a commerce deal, however was sacked in September over earlier Epstein revelations.

Now the often-divisive British political determine as soon as dubbed the "Prince of Darkness" has seen his decades-long political profession successfully ended.

The previous minister and ex-EU commerce commissioner introduced he was resigning from the Home of Lords as of Wednesday. Hours later British police mentioned they had been probing him for "misconduct in public workplace offenses".

Together with photographs of Mandelson in his underpants, information launched on Friday prompt that in 2009 Mandelson, whereas enterprise secretary, forwarded an financial briefing to Epstein supposed for then-prime minister Gordon Brown.

Epstein additionally appeared to have transferred $75,000 in three funds to accounts linked to the veteran Labour politician between 2003 and 2004.

The problem has brought about a headache for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's authorities.

The Epstein affair has additionally shaken the very pinnacle of the British institution.

British police mentioned they had been "assessing" claims by a second lady who mentioned she had been trafficked to the UK for a sexual encounter with former Prince Andrew, who was stripped of his royal titles final October.

Footage within the newest Epstein recordsdata confirmed Andrew kneeling on all fours over a girl mendacity on the ground.

Andrew, who has denied any wrongdoing, paid a multi-million-pound settlement in 2022 to Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre with out making any act of contrition. Giuffre died by suicide final yr.

Andrew's ex-wife Sarah Ferguson has additionally been caught up within the scandal with a collection of embarrassing emails to Epstein. Her charity, "Sarah's Belief", mentioned Tuesday it was now closing down.