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Overview
- The Parquet national financier opened a preliminary probe for aggravated money‑laundering of tax fraud targeting Jack Lang and his daughter Caroline, citing Mediapart’s findings.
- After Lang’s letter offering to step down, Foreign Minister Jean‑Noël Barrot took note, began procedures to appoint an interim IMA leader within seven days, and canceled Sunday’s planned convocation.
- Lang called the accusations unfounded, said he welcomed the inquiry, and pledged to cooperate with investigators.
- The U.S. documents reference Jack Lang roughly 673 times, with emails indicating shared financial interests, a $57,897 donation he sought for an association, and 2015 negotiations over a Marrakech property.
- Caroline Lang co‑founded an offshore company with Jeffrey Epstein in 2016 and has resigned from industry roles, including the producers’ union she previously led.