Jack Lang Denies Epstein Links in Tense France 2 Interview

Overview

• Jack Lang used a Complément d’enquête interview on France 2 to deny ties to Jeffrey Epstein and to call the allegations a calumny.
• He said he had not received a single cent from Epstein and rejected questions about alleged financial links around his circle.
• The program pressed him with a 2018 message in which Epstein told Lang’s daughter “your father did a good job” after she cited his TV defense of Woody Allen.
• He refused to view the report before the interview and said he was tired of what he called the same errors and lies.
• The dispute follows his February exit from the Arab World Institute and coincides with a probe by France’s financial crimes office into suspected aggravated tax fraud laundering tied to media claims, according to Le Journal du Dimanche.