The decision came amid mounting pressure for the royal family to act on Andrew’s relationship with deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and ongoing allegations surrounding it.

Epstein died in a New York prison cell in 2019, which was ruled a suicide. "We all deserve to know what’s in the Epstein files, who’s implicated, and how deep this corruption goes," he said in a statement in July.

Epstein and Ms. Maxwell.”

In emails published by Bloomberg, Mandelson described Epstein as his “best pal” and suggested that his first conviction in 2008 was “wrongful and should be challenged.”

Maxwell was an associate of the late Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender who died in custody in 2019 while under indictment for sex trafficking.

Lord Mandelson’s friendship with Epstein was known before his appointment, but reports this week showed their relationship continued after the financier’s crimes had emerged.

The legal filing came after the former associate of the late Jeffrey Epstein met with Department of Justice officials on July 24. Epstein was a convicted sex offender who died in custody in 2019 while under indictment for sex trafficking.

There has long been speculation in the media, including from Epstein's brother, Mark Epstein, that the financier did not kill himself.

In September 2007, Epstein entered into a plea agreement with federal prosecutors in Florida.

You just keep going on the Epstein files,” the president said. “I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake. And it’s so wrong.

At one point, Grassley asked Patel whether Epstein was an intelligence asset for the U.S. government or a foreign government. Patel responded that he could speak only about the FBI. “Mr. Epstein was not a source for the FBI,” he said. Sen.

She was subsequently hired as a masseuse for Epstein and was flown around the world for meetings with men at his behest while she was 17 and 18.

Here's what the Epstein files reveal about Andrew's connections in China. Texas is suing Baby Monitor Company Lorex for allegedly hiding its ties to China.

The Communist Party's participation in New York is "not a reflection of ... the national arm" of No Kings protests, Epstein-Ortiz said. Epstein-Ortiz said protesters will be standing up to Trump, whom she described as "a fascist dictator."

The celebration of life for Epstein took place at the Chabad Center for Jewish Life in Charlotte.

Epstein is a talented writer who evokes the era as though she has actually been there—not an easy trick.

In their Jan. 13 letter to Comer, the Clintons wrote that they had offered “the same or more than seven of the other eight individuals you subpoenaed regarding the handling of the Epstein investigations and prosecutions.”

He was taken to Aylsham police station in Norfolk for questioning over allegations that he passed confidential material to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during his tenure as a UK trade envoy from 2001 to 2011.

And then the man Starmer appointed to be ambassador to the United States—Peter Mandelson—was exposed as having a deep friendship with sex predator Jeffrey Epstein, even after Epstein was convicted on charges of sex with a minor in 2008.

Khanna has recently been spearheading the Epstein Files Transparency Act to get the Justice Department to release all unclassified records of deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Democrats also accused Johnson of stalling Grijalva’s oath of office because she would be the decisive signature on a petition to force a House vote on releasing the Epstein files related to the deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The memo also reiterated that he died via suicide in a New York City jail in August 2019, which has long been disputed by his brother, Mark Epstein.

On Nov. 19, Trump signed into law a bill to release the Epstein files after calls from numerous lawmakers.

Epstein had been convicted for sexually abusing more than 250 underage girls.

FBI Director Kash Patel has said in media appearances that evidence shows that Epstein died by suicide in a jail cell in 2019. Epstein's brother, Mark Epstein, has previously said that he "might have been murdered."

Lady Smith acknowledged that the Government was aware of emails between Lord Mandelson and Epstein on Tuesday last week, before Sir Keir’s public defence of the then ambassador at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday.

Earlier that month, Trump had dismissed reports of friction between Bongino and others at the FBI and Justice Department over the release of the Epstein files, telling reporters on Air Force One that Bongino's a "very good guy" and that "he's in good

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Attorney General Pam Bondi on the Epstein files before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 11, 2026.

Rebecca Epstein, Executive Director, Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality, Georgetown University. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article.