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Undated images provided by the US Department of Justice in the Jeffrey Epstein case, January 30, 2026.

Leaving the council of ministers on Wednesday February 11, authorities spokesperson Maud Bregeon inspired “the women who would have been victims” in instances associated to the Jeffrey Epstein case at “speak and turn to justice” after the indictment of a French diplomat, Fabrice Aidan, cited a number of occasions. According to paperwork consulted by Agence France-Presse, he exchanged dozens of emails over a number of years with Jeffrey Epstein, who died in jail in 2019.

The publication, on the finish of January, of thousands and thousands of recent paperwork linked to businessman and intercourse legal Jeffrey Epstein despatched shockwaves the world over, with scores of personalities showing in these paperwork.

According to Mediapart and Radio France, who revealed the affair, Fabrice Aidan benefited Jeffrey Epstein “diplomatic information, services or its international networks”. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot, stated on Wednesday “terrified” And “outraged”.

Fabrice Aidan is presently “Principal Foreign Secretary on availability for personal reasons”the minister wrote Tuesday night on X. He labored throughout the power firm Engie, from which he was suspended resulting from revelations within the media, the group knowledgeable Agence France-Presse.

On Monday, Emmanuel Macron thought-about that the Jeffrey Epstein affair involved “especially the United States” and that on this sense it was obligatory “let justice over there do its job and that’s it”. “Obviously he [Jeffrey Epstein] had a system which was very broad, which justifies that justice does its work independently and calmly”urged the Head of State on the sidelines of a visit to Paris. “I see that behind this also fuels a lot of conspiracies and everything else”he additionally argued, calling for “real journalistic work”.

The World with AFP

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