SHAMED Peter Mandelson has been seen for the first time since being summoned to testify in front of Congress.
The former UK ambassador to the United States was spotted leaving his London home while carrying a brown and white dog.
Mandelson stepped into a car outside the propertyCredit: AFP
He left through his front door carrying a large dogCredit: AFP
It’s the first time the disgraced lord, 72, has been seen since he was sent a letter from calling on him to Washington DC to answer questions from the House Oversight Committee as part of their probe into Epstein.
Mandelson was then seen getting into a car outside his property while lugging Marks and Spencer bags.
It appeared the shamed former business secretary had a substantial shop delivered to his home.
Another man was seen knocking on the door, carrying two 12 packs of Andrex toilet paper.
This comes as , formally requesting the former US ambassador to appear “in the interest of justice for the victims of Jeffrey Epstein”.
The Committee said that it is “seeking to uncover the identities of Mr Epstein’s co-conspirators and enablers and understand the full extent of his criminal operations”.
The letter told Mandelson that “numerous pieces of evidence have come to light demonstrating your close ties to Jeffrey Epstein over the span of multiple years”.
It went on to explain that the former business secretary holds “critical information” for the investigation given the Labour peer’s “extensive social and business ties” to the disgraced financier.
The letter to Lord Mandelson, signed by representatives Robert Garcia and Suhas Subramanyam, said: “While you no longer serve as British ambassador to the United States and have stepped down from the House of Lords, it is clear that you possessed extensive social and business ties to Jeffrey Epstein and hold critical information pertaining to our investigation of Epstein’s operations.
“Given the appalling allegations regarding Epstein’s conduct, we request that you make yourself available for a transcribed interview with committee staff regarding the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators.”
Among the evidence, it listed Lord Mandelson’s “handwritten note” in a 50th birthday book for Epstein in which he described the financier as his “best pal”.
It also pointed to the peer’s stay at the financier’s New York apartment in 2009, while Epstein was serving an 18-month sentence for soliciting prostitution and soliciting a minor, as well as photographs of Lord Mandelson in his underwear in the latest Department of Justice release.
Lord Mandelson was given a deadline of February 27 to respond to the two US politicians’ letter “due to the urgency and gravity of this matter”.
It remains unclear as to whether he will accept the invitation to testify but is under no legal obligation to appear as a foreign national.
Mandelson has consistently denied any criminality.
The Labour peer’s in Camden, North London, and Wiltshire last week.
Plain-clothed officers swooped on homes.
The force launched a criminal investigation into Mandelson after documents appeared to show him passing confidential information to Epstein while he was Business Secretary.
The Prime Minister was to sack Mandelson in early September last year after revelations that in a 50th birthday tribute book.
The Sun also revealed that Mandelson received personal approval from Epstein for the .
He was seen carrying Marks and Spencer shopping bagsCredit: AFP
The disgraced former politician and ambassador appeared to have some shopping deliveredCredit: Chris Eades
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