LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Wednesday that he has "confidence" in the country's ambassador to the United States, who faces mounting criticism of his links to the convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he has "confidence" in the country's ambassador to the United States following mounting criticism of his links to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein

Starmer's defense of Peter Mandelson on Wednesday came after Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released a 50th birthday album compiled in 2003 for Epstein, who at the time was a wealthy and well-connected financier

In that album, Mandelson — in a handwritten note — called Epstein "my best pal"

Mandelson has admitted to knowing Epstein well and told The Sun new

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