Richiesta di indagine per “tradimento” sui collegamenti di Andrew Epstein – mentre continuano le ricerche nell’ex casa dell’ex duca

The more that comes out you feel there is no way he cannot walk away from this Scot free, whether he decides to take others with him will be the cruncher.

As seems to be increasingly common, this is an article about comments made in another article. The original quotes from Conservative MP (and former Security Minister) Tom Tugendhat are at the bottom of [this article in The Sun on Sunday](https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/38297445/andrew-mandelson-investigated-treason-epstein-links/).

Mostly it comes across as him wanting a job. If a Joint Select Committee of Parliament were to be set up to investigate this, I imagine he – as one of a handful of Conservative backbenchers and a former security minister – would probably expect to be involved.

That said, I don’t imagine too many people – particularly in his own party or the press – are going to want to dig too deeply into this. The sharing of confidential information seems relatively routine in the halls of power – Kemi Badenoch notably leaked any number of cabinet briefings to the press for her own gain:

> If senior figures misled journalists, ministers, and perhaps even HM The King, the damage is not cosmetic.

Senior figures like then Prime Minister Boris Johnson – proven liar, including to the Queen? That damage was treated as fairly cosmetic. I also find it interesting that he puts journalists in the same category as ministers and the King. Misleading journalists should be perfectly fair – isn’t that what PR is all about? Or are they the only ones allowed to mislead?

> If the worst is proved, who should have the authority to act? What powers are needed to protect our people? Do we need to revisit treason laws written 700 ago for a very different age?

Maybe something like the National Security Act 2023, which presumably – as Security Minister – he was involved in drafting?