Growing List of Officials Resigning After Being Dragged into Epstein Scandal
Jakarta - Public figures implicated in the Jeffrey Epstein documents, or Epstein Files, have inevitably become targets of public scrutiny. Most recently, the list of officials resigning after being dragged into the Epstein scandal continues to grow.
As is known, the United States Department of Justice published millions of pages of new documents related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday (30/1).
The released collection of documents encompasses more than three million pages, 2,000 videos, and 180,000 images. A number of prominent figures were named in the documents.
Norwegian Ambassador
Norwegian Ambassador to Jordan and Iraq Mona Juul resigned from her position. Juul, who played a key role in the secret Israeli-Palestinian negotiations that led to the Oslo Accords in the early 1990s, was among several prominent Norwegian figures implicated in the latest Epstein document release.
“This is the right and necessary decision. Juul’s contact with convicted abuser Epstein has demonstrated a serious error of judgment,” Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said in a statement on Sunday (8/2) local time, as reported by AFP news agency on Monday (9/2/2026).
UK PM’s Communications Chief Resigns
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Downing Street Communications Chief Tim Allan also resigned after being unable to withstand the pressure as his government grappled with the Epstein documents scandal. Additionally, PM Starmer’s Chief of Staff Morgan McSweeney had already resigned earlier.
“I have decided to resign so that a new team at Downing Street can be formed,” Tim Allan said in a brief statement—less than 24 hours after Starmer’s chief of staff also resigned, as reported by AFP on Monday (9/2).
Starmer has faced calls from opposition politicians to resign over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States, despite knowing that Mandelson had maintained a relationship with sex offender Epstein after the American businessman was convicted in 2008.
Dubai Port Boss
Most recently, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem stepped down from his position as CEO of Dubai-based logistics giant DP World in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The decision was made after mounting pressure over his connections to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
DP World announced his resignation, “effective immediately,” on Friday (13/2) local time. DP World Dubai has appointed Essa Kazim as group chairman and Yuvraj Narayan as the new CEO. Sulayem’s photo has also been removed from the company’s website.
DP World, which manages port terminals across six continents and plays a crucial role in global trade infrastructure, has faced increasing pressure in recent days from businesses that work with it after being linked to the Epstein scandal.