00:00What happens when power meets scandal and the past refuses to stay buried?
00:04Former UK Ambassador Peter Mandelson has been arrested in London.
00:08Police took the 72-year-old in for questioning over suspected misconduct in public office.
00:14The arrest follows explosive revelations about his ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
00:20Newly released U.S. Justice Department emails showed their relationship was closer than the
00:24public was told. Mandelson had already been fired from his prestigious role as ambassador to the
00:29United States. Now the scandal has deepened. His London and Wiltshire homes were searched.
00:35He was later released on bail. The controversy is shaking British politics. Prime Minister
00:41Keir Starmer is under pressure over why Mandelson was appointed in the first place. Parliament has
00:46now ordered documents about the vetting process to be released. Mandelson's career has always been
00:51dramatic. He helped shape Tony Blair's new labor revolution. He resigned from cabinet twice,
00:56then made a comeback. And now this. Police stress that an arrest does not mean guilt.
01:02But the damage is already done. One question now hangs over Westminster. How much did those in power
01:08really know?
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