{"id":269125,"date":"2026-02-05T14:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T14:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/269125\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T14:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T14:50:08","slug":"starmer-apologises-to-epstein-victims-for-appointing-mandelson-and-believing-his-lies-follow-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/269125\/","title":{"rendered":"Starmer apologises to Epstein victims for appointing Mandelson and &#8216;believing his lies&#8217; &#8211; follow live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Details of Mandelson-Epstein relationship available since 2023published at 14:21 GMT<\/p>\n<p>14:21 GMT<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-3u1n9h-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/90650d3a-f13f-4e8b-a66a-3d8bffe80aae.jpg.webp.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Simon Jack<br \/>Business editor<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The prime minister this afternoon said that while<br \/>\nhe knew that Peter Mandelson maintained a relationship with Jeffrey Epstein<br \/>\nafter he was convicted of soliciting sex with a minor, he had no idea of the<br \/>\n&#8220;depth&#8221; of the relationship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Publicly available references to the depth of the<br \/>\nrelationship were available from 2023. In 2019 US banking giant JP Morgan<br \/>\nconducted an internal investigation into the bank&#8217;s relationship with Jeffrey<br \/>\nEpstein.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">While the report was never publicly published,<br \/>\ndetails and findings from the report were published in media reports and in<br \/>\ncourt filings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In June 2023, a case in a New York court between<br \/>\nthe US Virgin Islands (where Epstein was a resident) and JP Morgan Chase<br \/>\nincluded documents from the JP Morgan report. The extracts used in court<br \/>\nincluded the following exhibit:<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Jeffrey Epstein appears to maintain a<br \/>\nparticularly close relationship with Prince Andrew the Duke of York and Lord<br \/>\nPeter Mandelson, a senior member of the British government.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">JP<br \/>\nMorgan Chase settled the case with the US Virgin Islands in September 2023 for<br \/>\n$75 million without admitting any liability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Details of Mandelson-Epstein relationship available since 2023published at 14:21 GMT 14:21 GMT Simon JackBusiness editor The prime minister&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-269125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}