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malaise

(294,306 posts)
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 01:44 PM Feb 3

The Dam is going to break - Met police to launch investigation into alleged Mandelson-Epstein email leaks

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/03/met-police-to-launch-investigation-into-alleged-mandelson-epstein-email-leaks

The Metropolitan police are to formally launch a criminal investigation into allegations that Peter Mandelson leaked Downing Street emails and market sensitive information to the child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the Guardian understands.

Documents from the Epstein files released in recent days appeared to show the then business secretary sent confidential information in a string of emails to the late financier in the aftermath of the financial crash.

They prompted a furious response from across the political spectrum, including Gordon Brown, who was the prime minister at the time of the alleged breaches. MPs reported Mandelson to Scotland Yard for misconduct in public office.

Keir Starmer, who has handed a dossier to the police, told a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning he was appalled by the reported leaks. He has asked officials to draft legislation to strip Mandelson of his peerage “as quickly as possible”.
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Johnny2X2X

(23,843 posts)
1. For the first time in a long time
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 01:55 PM
Feb 3

It appears things are shifting. Not as many bots pushing back against posts with Trump/Epstein in them. Some GOPers starting to talk about Trump/Epstein. Some of the allegations starting to become widely discussed.

Botany

(76,753 posts)
2. Just another part of the largest criminal enterprise in history.
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 01:56 PM
Feb 3

Epstein, Musk, Putin, Tiel, Trump, and ? and on and on. Child Sex Trafficking, blackmail,
kompromat, right wing agendas, crypto scams, election rigging, murder, misinformation
campaigns*, dirty judges and politicians, Christo Fascism, fossil fuel industries, and phony
News outlets to feed the 35% of Americans who are brain dead. Trump’s “election” as
President in 2016 and 2024 were products of this criminal enterprise.


*. Russia’s Storm 15-16 and Musk’s X … MAGA’s size is phony just like Trump winning.

Btw if Britain’s MI-5 wants to interrogate Musk on some remote Island off of the north of
Scotland I am fine with that.

malaise

(294,306 posts)
3. Yes indeed
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 01:58 PM
Feb 3
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/03/finally-got-him-to-go-jeffrey-epstein-inside-track-uk-peter-mandelson

On a brisk Monday evening in May 2010, Gordon Brown stood on the steps of Downing Street and delivered one of the most dramatic announcements of the New Labour era: his resignation as UK prime minister.

The decision came days after a nail-biting general election that left no single party with a clear run at No 10. Brown kept his decision, which followed days of political wrangling, to a tight inner circle. Nick Clegg, who would go on to serve as deputy prime minister of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition, was formally told of Brown’s resignation only 10 minutes before the announcement.

But across the pond, a man named Jeffrey Epstein, a well-connected financier and convicted child sex offender, had been briefed hours before. “Finally got him to go today …” an email believed to be sent by Peter Mandelson informed Epstein on Monday morning.

Torchlight

(6,529 posts)
7. Rarely on my time line or from the sources I'd expect,
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 02:10 PM
Feb 3

"but in the end truth will out". If it has to go international to occur then so be it, but this is an ugly, cancerous cabal that requires an infection of truth.

gab13by13

(31,659 posts)
8. Epstein's world was international in scope,
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 02:32 PM
Feb 3

With more digging Russia and Israel will be uncovered.

Putin and Bibi were the main reasons that Krasnov was elected. Once Krasnov became president, Putin and Bibi had copies of the Epstein files. A weak man like Krasnov will do anything to keep it secret that he raped little girls.

littlemissmartypants

(32,806 posts)
10. It's definitely cracking. But I want more and bigger cracks.
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 02:49 PM
Feb 3

We've got a lot of our own crap politicians and the like that we need to push overboard into the flow. 🌊

Thanks for the discussion, malaise. ❤️

slightlv

(7,584 posts)
17. This is what's so hard, being an American of good conscience...
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 04:35 PM
Feb 3

watching other countries deal with this (and their own bad politicians) and here we are... suppose to be the "mentor" of democracy, and we can't get a damned adjudicated criminal out of public office. In fact, we're not only letting that slide, we let him steal straight from our retirement accounts without saying a word. So much for being the "mentor"...

angrychair

(11,915 posts)
15. Other interesting component to this
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 04:21 PM
Feb 3

Is that it appears that Epstein and his inner circle tried to keep eLoon at arm's length.
eLoon gives off nark vibes which is why I think Epstein kept pushing him off for island visits.
I think eLoon is tolerated but I don't think he is part of that click like others.

He is the weakest link we have and that is not good for his fellow billionaires.

He absolutely knows who is on the inside and what they were doing and will happily sell them out to save his own ass. He gets to play "hero" by bringing down a worldwide billionaire pedo ring. The only thing this guy loves more than money is positive reinforcement, for people to like him or fear him. He is a drug- addled narcissist looking for love and never finding enough. It's why he sees relationships as transactional and both loves and hates himself in equal measure.

Eventually, he will tell all to whoever will listen. He already started to tell on Mango Mussolini when he got tired of him and started pushing him away. Then bang he is back in the inner circle and eLoon shut up about all that stuff he started to say.

slightlv

(7,584 posts)
18. Musk is exactly like trump....
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 04:38 PM
Feb 3

no matter how much money either may have, no one... rich, famous, or poor... wants either of them to be part of their "circle." trump tried for decades to break into high society. Oh sure, he pushed his way in... but the society circles he so dearly desired never accepted him. The same with Musk. These people who are so demented or just uncivilized can't imagine that their money won't buy them everything they desire. But some things transcend money -- even with the rich, it seems.

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