US EditionFormer French minister Lang summoned over Epstein links: Report
Jack Lang, whose name appears over 600 times in the Epstein files, faces a preliminary financial crimes probe while denying wrongdoing and offering to resign from the Arab World Institute.
- On Feb 6, France's Foreign Affairs Ministry summoned Jack Lang, former French culture minister and president of the Arab World Institute, over his links to Jeffrey Epstein, raising pressure for his resignation.
- Following the file dump, media review found U.S. Department of Justice documents released on January 30 show Lang corresponded with Jeffrey Epstein, prompting renewed scrutiny.
- Records show a 2017 email where Lang thanked Epstein for a `splendid time`, highlighting frequent contact between the two men.
- France's National Financial Prosecutor's Office opened a preliminary investigation into Jack Lang and Caroline Lang for 'laundering of aggravated tax-fraud proceeds', and Lang offered to resign on Feb 7, according to his letter to Jean-Noël Barrot.
- The presidency said the French government urged Lang to 'think about resigning' amid links to Epstein, with the IMA receiving 12.3 million euros annually from the foreign ministry.
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French Culture Doyen Jack Lang Denies Any Wrongdoing As He Resigns As Head Of Arab World Institute Following Mention In Epstein Files
Jack Lang, one of France’s best-known culture ministers of the last 40 years, resigned as president of the Arab World Institute in Paris on Saturday, following mounting pressure for him to step down after he appeared in documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. Lang and his daughter Caroline Lang, a former longtime Warner Bros. France exec, are […]
Financial crime prosecutors in France say they have opened a preliminary investigation into former Culture Minister Jack Lang over his links to Jeffrey Epstein. Lang, a key figure in France's socialist governments between the 1980s and 2000s, is being investigated on suspicion of "laundering the proceeds of tax fraud". It comes after the US Justice Department released Epstein files, which documented links between the Lang family and the late pae…
Former Culture Minister Jack Lang is under investigation. He denies the allegations but is nevertheless taking initial steps in the direction he will take.
Former French Culture Minister Jacques Lange resigned tonight as president of the Institute for the Arab World (IMA).
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