‘I didn’t realise what a bad guy he was,’ said Jeffrey Epstein on meeting Tony Blair

Notorious paedophile and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has apologised for his ill-judgement, admitting he would never have met with Tony Blair if he’d realised what a bad guy he was.

The newly-released Mandelson files show an email from Lord Mandelson to Tony Blair’s chief of staff asking the former PM to meet his ‘safe friend’ Jeffrey Epstein, a meeting which Epstein later seriously regretted.

“I didn’t know what he was capable of,” said Jeffrey Epstein in a previously unreleased file.

“I mean, I was still the worst person in the room, but at least I had some competition for once. Mandelson assured me Tony was a good bloke. It was the last time I ever listened to his advice, that’s for sure.

“Obviously it’s probably a bit rich for me to try and take the moral high ground. Then again, 200,000 civilians died in the Iraq war along with 179 British service personnel and thousands of US troops.

“Okay, I’m probably still worse. But come on, the guy is definitely no saint. Unfortunately, I met him in 2002 and had no idea what he’d go on to do in 2003. If I’d known what his plans were, I could’ve maybe invited him to the island and changed his mind. 

“He would’ve had a great time with Andy and Donald.”

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