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Top UK Diplomat Recalled From Washington Over Epstein Emails

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (right) with Britain's ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson during a reception at the ambassador's residence in Washington in February

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Britain fired its top representative in Washington after we detailed the depth of his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer recalled Peter Mandelson just hours after the contents of previously undisclosed emails cast new light on his relationship to the pedophile financier.

The correspondence was among a trove of over 18,000 messages we obtained from Epstein’s personal Yahoo account. We used multiple methods to verify their authenticity, including cryptographic analysis, metadata analysis and corroboration with external sources.