""It is a bit strange," he said to the 100 or so members of staff and guests, who could see police officers coming and going with computers and phones, "but it's alright, I have nothing to hide." Lang, whose name appears 673 times in the Epstein files, maintained he was "completely innocent" and "knew nothing of Epstein's horrific crimes"."
"Lang denies any involvement in Prytanee, an offshore art dealing company in the Virgin Islands that, according to the website Mediapart, was set up by Epstein with Lang's daughter Caroline, with a $1.4m deposit. Jack Lang's lawyer, Laurent Merlet, told the French radio station RTL that his client "might have given his opinion on works of art" but never received a cent from the company."
Anne-Claire Legendre, 46, a French diplomat and adviser to president Emmanuel Macron for the Middle East and North Africa, has been appointed chair of the Arab World Institute in Paris. She will be the first woman to lead the institution since its 1987 creation as a centre for the culture of the Arab and Islamic world. Legendre replaces Jack Lang, 86, who resigned after 13 years leading the institute and is under investigation over ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Police raided Lang's office and apartment during his leaving ceremony. Lang denies wrongdoing and denies benefiting from an offshore company linked to Epstein.
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