(Adnkronos) – The Speaker of the House of Commons, Lindsay Hoyle, has passed on ”relevant” information to the police about Peter Mandelson, arrested in recent days in connection with his dealings with pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. This was reported by the BBC and Sky News after Mandelson’s lawyers complained about the police’s decision to arrest him as part of an investigation into his alleged misconduct in public office.
Lindsay told MPs that he had passed on “relevant” information about Mandelson in “good faith, as is my duty and responsibility” and that it was “deplorable” that it had ended up in the media. Mandelson’s lawyers argued that the former minister had agreed to be interviewed in March and that the decision to arrest him was motivated by an “unfounded” insinuation that he intended to move abroad.
