Political Subjects
On 30 March 2006, the politician George Galloway claimed that Mahmood and an accomplice "sought to implicate" him in what would be illegal political funding and tried to attribute to him "anti-Semitic views, including Holocaust denial". Galloway complained to the Metropolitan police commissioner, Sir Ian Blair, and the Speaker of the House of Commons. In his letter to the Speaker's office Galloway also claimed that Mahmood had in the past deceived Diane Abbott and had sought a meeting with Jeremy Corbyn, both also prominent anti-war MPs.
The News of the World tried to secure a High Court injunction preventing publication of photographs of Mahmood, even on weblogs, but were granted only a temporary injunction, which expired on 7 April 2006. Galloway sought to thwart this tactic by brandishing a photograph of Mahmood, during an interview on Channel 4 news.
Other politicians featured in Mahmood's investigations have included Minister David Mellor, who resigned following his affair with actress Antonia de Sancha. Environment Minister Tim Yeo was caught cheating on his wife, and both his secret love child with Julia Stent and his earlier adopted daughter were revealed.
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