The U.K. government agreed Wednesday to release documents casting light on the decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States, despite his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, as it tries to stem mounting anger over the revelations.

A key Labour figure for decades, Lord Mandelson faces renewed scrutiny over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was forced to admit in Parliament that he was previously made aware of disgraced former Ambassador Peter Mandelson’s relationship with convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

Alistair Campbell has claimed disgraced former Labour peer Peter Mandelson was always drawn to “powerful men with money”. Files released by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) last week appear to show that Mandelson leaked sensitive government information to Epstein while serving as business secretary in Gordon Brown's Labour government.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has written to the head of the EU’s Anti-Fraud Office calling for an inquiry into Peter Mandelson’s time as an EU commissioner in 2004-2008. Farage, who was an MEP for more than 20 years, also argued that Mandelson’s conduct was “arguably sufficiently egregious for him to forfeit his pension”, worth £31,000 a year.

British police opened a criminal investigation into former Ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson over alleged misconduct in public office related to his relationship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.