{"id":575884,"date":"2026-02-08T20:09:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T20:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/575884\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T20:09:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T20:09:16","slug":"former-french-minister-lang-quits-plum-job-over-epstein-ties-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/575884\/","title":{"rendered":"Former French minister Lang quits plum job over Epstein ties \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Caroline Lang was also to inherit $5 million in Epstein\u2019s will, according to Mediapart. Caroline Lang told the outlet that the fund was to support emerging artists and that she knew nothing of the will.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe accusations against me are inaccurate, and I will prove it, beyond the noise and fury of the media and digital courts,\u201d Lang said in his resignation letter sent to Barrot. Contacted by POLITICO, Lang shared the resignation letter.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/epsteins-world-inside-his-network-of-wealth-power-and-hustle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the latest wave of Epstein correspondence<\/a> released by the U.S. Justice Department, Lang appeared in a picture with Epstein outside of the Louvre, and shared by Epstein with Steve Bannon, former chief strategist for U.S. President Donald Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow at the pyramid,\u201d Epstein\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/epstein\/files\/DataSet%2010\/EFTA01615683.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">wrote<\/a> in March 2019. \u201cWith the entire govt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Epstein, a convicted sex offender, and the Lang family maintained a close relationship over the years, Jack Lang and his daughter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfmtv.com\/international\/amerique-nord\/etats-unis\/video-je-pense-qu-il-voulait-etre-genereux-avec-moi-caroline-lang-productrice-et-fille-de-jack-lang-revient-sur-la-presence-de-son-nom-dans-le-testament-de-jeffrey-epstein_VN-202602050857.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bfmtv.com\/international\/amerique-nord\/etats-unis\/video-je-pense-qu-il-voulait-etre-genereux-avec-moi-caroline-lang-productrice-et-fille-de-jack-lang-revient-sur-la-presence-de-son-nom-dans-le-testament-de-jeffrey-epstein_VN-202602050857.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">admitted last week<\/a>. Jack Lang <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/epsteins-world-inside-his-network-of-wealth-power-and-hustle\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/epsteins-world-inside-his-network-of-wealth-power-and-hustle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">told POLITICO<\/a> on Thursday that he \u201cnever knew of Epstein\u2019s crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jack Lang, 86, is a well known name in French politics and history after having served as culture minister under former President Fran\u00e7ois Mitterrand in the 1980s and early 1990s, during which he initiated the renovation of the Louvre and the construction of the pyramid. He also launched the F\u00eate de la musique, a fixture of France\u2019s festive calendar celebrated on June 21.<\/p>\n<p>The institution, a museum and cultural center, is overseen by a board on which France is represented by the foreign ministry, with representatives of Arab League countries also around the table.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Caroline Lang was also to inherit $5 million in Epstein\u2019s will, according to Mediapart. 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