Jack Lang Under Pressure Over Epstein Ties
February 6, 2026
6:05 am
Pressure mounted Friday on former French culture minister Jack Lang to resign as president of the Arab World Institute, after newly released U.S. court documents detailed years of correspondence between Lang and the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to Reuters.
France’s foreign ministry summoned Lang for talks over the matter, as senior government officials urged him to consider the impact of the revelations on the Paris-based cultural institution he has led since 2013.
The renewed controversy follows the release last week of files by the U.S. Department of Justice, which show intermittent email exchanges between …
