Overview
- Rowley’s push follows a February 24 meeting with US ambassador Warren Stephens where the request for full files was raised.
- The US Department of Justice released millions of Epstein-related pages in January, with key Mandelson–Epstein exchanges still redacted.
- Detectives are assessing 2009 emails that appear to discuss an asset sales plan, a tax on bankers’ bonuses, and an imminent euro bailout.
- Lord Peter Mandelson was arrested last month on suspicion of misconduct in public office after searches in Camden and Wiltshire and remains under investigation.
- The Met warns it may need a mutual legal assistance request that could take up to a year, as Thames Valley Police runs a separate probe into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.