He was seen being led out of his\u00a0London<\/a>\u00a0home by plain-clothed police officers yesterday evening after a unit searched his home in Wiltshire.<\/p>\n The police said earlier today that a man, 72, had been released pending further investigation.<\/p>\n Mandelson, a former\u00a0Labour<\/a>\u00a0minister and US ambassador, was seen returning to his Camden home by a black cab at around 2am.<\/p>\n The arrest came weeks after police carried out another search in his Camden home with Lord Mandelson present earlier this month.<\/p>\n Deputy Assistant Commissioner Hayley Sewart, previously said: \u2018I can confirm that officers from the Met\u2019s Central Specialist\u00a0Crime\u00a0team are in the process of carrying out search warrants at two addresses, one in the Wiltshire area, and another in the Camden area.<\/p>\n \u2018The searches are related to an ongoing\u00a0investigation\u00a0into misconduct in public office offences, involving a 72-year-old man.\u2019<\/p>\n Lord Mandelson was pictured in the Epstein files released by the Department of Justice, showing him in his underwear in the financier\u2019s\u00a0Paris<\/a>\u00a0home.<\/p>\n A series of payments has also been found from Epstein to Mandelson and his husband, Reinaldo Avila da Silva.<\/p>\n Lord Mandelson has not responded to the latest allegations, but in an interview with\u00a0the Times<\/a>\u00a0he admitted to a \u2018lapse in judgment\u2019 over funding sent by Epstein to his husband Reinaldo for an osteopathy course.<\/p>\n Sir Keir Starmer<\/a>\u00a0has said his once-ally Peter Mandelson\u00a0\u2018betrayed our country, our Parliament and my party\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n Starmer admitted knowing about Lord Mandelson\u2019s ongoing friendship with convicted paedophile Jeffry Epstein when he brought him back to government.<\/p>\n The Prime Minister said: \u2018He lied repeatedly to my team when asked about his relationship with Epstein before and during his tenure as ambassador, I regret appointing him. If I knew then what I know now, he would never have been anywhere near Government.\u2019<\/p>\n A linchpin of the New Labour project from its birth in the early 1990s, Lord Mandelson witnessed and participated in the feuds that dominated much of its 13 years in power.<\/p>\n His ability to manipulate the levers of power from the shadows earned him monikers such as \u2018the Prince of Darkness\u2019 and \u2018the Dark Lord\u2019.<\/p>\n![\"Recently](\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SEI_283324022-0252.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646\")
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