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cbabe

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Thu Feb 5, 2026, 09:40 AM Thursday

Epstein Theil Mandelson Vance [View all]

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220996815

Jeffrey Epstein 'Co-Owned' Venture Fund with Palantir Founder as it Entered UK Government

https://bylinetimes.com/2026/02/04/jeffrey-epstein-and-peter-thiel-co-owned-venture-fund-as-thiels-palantir-entered-uk-government/

The Russian connected convicted sex trafficker co-owned a fund with Peter Thiel, now embedded in Britain’s most critical infrastructure with the help of Peter Mandelson
Nafeez Ahmed
4 February 2026

he Metropolitan Police investigation into Peter Mandelson over the leaking of sensitive information to Jeffrey Epstein has established an unambiguous principle: those who seek to compromise the UK’s secrets to a foreign intelligence-linked sexual predator forfeit their access to power.

Mandelson was sacked as US Ambassador, has resigned his membership of the Labour Party, and has been forced to quit the House of Lords over ongoing revelations about his relationship to Epstein.

He now faces potential criminal charges for misconduct in public office.

Yet, the same convicted sex offender who received state secrets from Mandelson, was simultaneously a “co-owner” through a significant limited partnership investment of a Silicon Valley venture fund controlled by Peter Thiel – the billionaire founder of defence analytics giant Palantir Technologies, which now holds more than £670 million in UK Government contracts spanning nuclear weapons systems, NHS patient records, Ministry of Defence operations, and police intelligence databases.

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Financial Times
https://www.ft.com › content › 408fb864-5831-4b1d-beef-fd1966b3beed

How Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley funded the sudden rise of JD Vance

Jul 17, 2024The name of JD Vance's venture capital firm is a homage to fantasy author JRR Tolkien — and billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel. Co-founded by Vance in 2020, Narya Capital is a reference to ...



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