Mandelson arrested: Epstein files fallout intensifies – The Latest

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  This is The Guardian.

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  To be clear, it really is extraordinary.

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  This is somebody who was at the very pinnacle of British politics.

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  He was once known as the Prince of Darkness.

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  Today, Lord Mandelson was escorted into the light.

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  Former British ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson,

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  has returned home around eight hours after being arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office.

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  So it's really something that seems to tarnish politicians from across the political spectrum.

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  The question now is whether these two arrests lead to charges, and if that does,

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  I think we can expect a lot more attention on both sides of the Atlantic.

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  The former ambassador to the United States, Lord Peter Mandelson,

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  has been arrested and released on bail over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

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  From The Guardian's today in focus, this is the latest with me, Lucy Hoth.

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  I'm joined by Archie Blan, The Guardian's head of national news.

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  We had the extraordinary sight of Peter Mandelson,

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  the former US ambassador, former cabinet minister under the previous Labour government,

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  former lots of things being led out of his house in Camden by police officers.

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  He was taken into a police station for questioning.

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  I think it's notable, first of all,

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  that there was a bank of photographers outside his home in the first place to capture those images.

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