The note was part of a book the sex offender’s accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, compiled for his 50th birthday British Ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson described Jeffrey Epstein as his “best pal” in a handwritten 10-page letter released by the US House Oversight Committee on Monday. The message, written for Epstein’s 50th birthday in 2003, was included in a bound “birthday book” compiled by Epstein’s longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell. The letter, interspersed with photographs of