The torrent of revelations surrounding the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is not only continuing but is now acquiring a distinctly Greek dimension, as new documents released by the United States Department of Justice and the FBI indicate the financier’s inside knowledge of the bailout Memoranda during the period 2010 - 2015.
These documents do not concern only his dark criminal activities, but also the manner in which the convicted sex offender appeared to be involved at critical moments of the Greek sovereign debt crisis and the imposition of bailout Memoranda on the country.
Among Epstein’s revealing emails appears the name of Lord Peter Mandelson, at the time a senior figure in the British government, shortly before the approval of the European support package for Greece.
The messages show that Epstein was attempting to secure advance information about the bailout package, something that, as it appears, he managed to achieve.
Mandelson in multiple snapshots with Epstein and his circle
What Jeffrey Epstein was discussing with the British about imposing bailout memoranda on Greece
According to the documents, the former United Kingdom ambassador to Washington and prominent Labour Party figure is said to have warned Epstein about the imminent agreement, incorrectly stating the amount of the package, which was supposedly to reach 500 billion euros whereas the final amount agreed was approximately 110 billion euros.
This revelation comes just hours before the agreement of the EU finance ministers, who in the early hours of 10 May 2010 reached the decision to rescue Greece, amid fears of the crisis spreading across the Eurozone.
“My sources say there is a 500 billion bailout package”
The communication between Epstein and Mandelson also included the following statements by Epstein: “My sources tell me that the 500 billion euro bailout package is almost ready.”
Mandelson is said to have replied: “It will be announced tonight.”
Subsequently, Epstein asked whether Mandelson was at home, with the response being: “I am just leaving No 10 meaning the British prime minister’s residence, I will call.”
It is noteworthy that despite the fact that the United Kingdom did not participate financially in the bailout package, the country’s then Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, was in Brussels during the negotiations.
The British had warned in advance about the imposition of bailout memoranda
Peter Mandelson is said to have warned Jeffrey Epstein in advance about the imminent European rescue of Greece, while at the same time conveying internal government assessments of the state of the British economy and exerting pressure on the Treasury regarding banking policies, at the request of Epstein himself.
According to one of the communications, in June 2009, when Mandelson was Secretary of State for Business in the government of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown and was considered the de facto Deputy Prime Minister, he forwarded internal government correspondence to Epstein.
“The Greeks are selling off land and real estate”
Nick Butler, a policy adviser to the then Prime Minister, had drafted a memorandum on the dire state of the British economy, proposing the sale of state assets in order to strengthen public finances.
The email had been copied to multiple recipients, among them Mandelson.
The published documents reveal that Mandelson forwarded this internal document to Epstein with the comment: “Interesting note sent to the Prime Minister.”
When Epstein asked “which assets are for sale?”, the reply from a deleted email address is said to have stated: “Land, real estate, I suppose.”
It is noted that Peter Mandelson resigned from the Labour Party following the new revelations regarding his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
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