Epstein Files Show Mandelson Pushed Republic of Congo Bank Deal

DOJ 'Withholding' Some Epstein Documents Says Rep. Subramanyam

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February 3, 2026 at 5:39 PM UTC

Peter Mandelson tried to involve Jeffrey Epstein in a deal to create a private bank to manage the Republic of Congo’s oil funds, documents released by the US Department of Justice show.

A Congolese official asked Mandelson to help find Qatari or Singaporean investors for the banking project in October 2010 in his role as chairman and co-founder of Global Counsel LLP — positions he took up after leaving the UK government earlier that year.