"Newly unearthed emails last week shone light on Epstein's role as freelance client development officer, acting as a channel between political figures and business titans, greasing up the former with lifestyles they could not afford and the latter with avenues of political influence. Exposure of that channel ended the career of Lord Peter Mandelson, the UK ambassador to the US, provoking a crisis in Britain's Labour government, after emails showed that Mandelson had steered a $1bn banking deal Epstein's way."
"Emails obtained by Bloomberg and others went further, showing that figures in Epstein's network of billionaires, politicians, celebrities, royalty and intellectuals were assembled into schemes of influence. Jeffrey was a starfucker, an acquaintance told the Guardian last week. Anyone he thought had influence he would try to add to his collection. Mandelson is slippery, and impressed by money, so Jeffrey liked that. The spheres of influence Epstein created, emails showed, relied simultaneously on access and gifts."
Unearthed emails revealed Epstein served as a freelance client development officer, channeling access between political figures and business titans and arranging lifestyles for politicians. Exposure of that channel ended Lord Peter Mandelson's career after emails showed he steered a $1bn banking deal to Epstein and expressed sympathy for Epstein's 2008 conviction for child sexual procurement. Emails showed a network of billionaires, politicians, celebrities, royalty and intellectuals assembled into schemes of influence. A spreadsheet of expenses matched gift discussions and itemized nearly 2,000 gifts and payments totaling $1.8m, including a $35,000 watch linked to discussions about an Audemars Piguet. Questions about the source of Epstein's wealth have never been fully resolved.
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