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Peter Mandelson has been arrested after he was accused of leaking Downing Street emails to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein while serving as business secretary.
The former Labour minister and peer was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, said the Metropolitan Police, after officers attended his home in London on Monday afternoon. The 72-year-old was taken to a London police station for questioning, the force added without giving specifics on the alleged offence he was arrested over.
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