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The Paris prosecutor opened a probe into possible French links to Jeffrey Epstein, designated magistrates and pursued complaints including one targeting diplomat Fabrice Aidan.

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US Justice Department sends letter regarding Epstein files redactions to lawmakers, Politico reports reut.rs/4aurcQD
US Justice Department sends letter regarding Epstein files redactions to lawmakers, Politico reports
The U.S. Department of Justice sent a letter to lawmakers regarding redactions in the files pertaining to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Politico reported on Saturday.
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February 15, 2026 at 1:01 AM
New York Times
French Prosecutors to Investigate Diplomat as Part of Epstein Probe

The Paris prosecutor’s office said it was looking into three new complaints with links to the files and revisiting an earlier investigation into an Epstein associate who died in 2022.

French Prosecutors to Investigate Diplomat as Part of Epstein Probe
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Unlike in Europe, officials in the U.S. with ties to Epstein have largely held their positions of power. trib.al/NS4Lf8H
Epstein files fallout takes down elite figures in Europe, while U.S. reckoning is muted
Unlike in Europe, officials in the U.S. with ties to Epstein have largely held their positions of power.
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February 14, 2026 at 11:10 PM

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Epstein Used Botstein’s Prestige and Connections to Recruit and Support One of His Victims, a Violinist from Europe

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Epstein Used Botstein’s Prestige and Connections to Recruit and Support One of His Victims, a Violinist from Europe - The Daily Catch
Jeffrey Epstein utilized his burgeoning relationship with Bard College President and American Symphony Orchestra Conductor Leon Botstein in 2013 to procure perks for a young violinist who ultimately b...
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February 14, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Der Spiegel
Jeffrey Epstein: Special unit investigates crimes by French nationals

The release of the Epstein files is putting politicians and celebrities around the world under pressure, including in France. The prosecutors now plan to pursue possible entanglements and reopen an old case.

Jeffrey Epstein: Special unit investigates crimes by French nationals
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El Mundo
The Paris prosecutor's office designates two judges to investigate the ramifications of the Epstein case

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The Paris prosecutor's office designates two judges to investigate the ramifications of the Epstein case
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
The Epstein Case: French prosecutors form a special unit

To uncover connections of French citizens to the Epstein case, the prosecutor's office has now formed a special unit. The Brunel case should also be reopened.

The Epstein Case: French prosecutors form a special unit
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joannagrossman.bsky.social Joanna Grossman @joannagrossman.bsky.social · 4h
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Everyone in the Epstein files should lose positions of power
and be exiled from polite society, too
February 14, 2026 at 10:09 PM

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Roses are red
Violets are blue
Everyone in the Epstein files should lose positions of power
and be exiled from polite society, too
February 14, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Le Figaro
Affaire Epstein : ce que contient la première enquête française menée de 2019 à 2023

Le parquet de Paris a annoncé samedi qu’il procéderait «à une réanalyse intégrale du dossier d’instruction» dans lequel l’ex-agent de mannequins Jean-Luc Brunel, un proche du financier américain, avait été mis en examen. Il avait été clôturé par un non-lieu en 2023 à la suite du suicide en détention, en 2022, de ce dernier.

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“Epstein’s victims experienced the rule of master and servant not just as economic but sexual violence. They were the first to name and resist our emergent political order.”
Thanks to our growing insight into Epstein’s world, we have gained a clearer picture of the psychic and economic logic of the contemporary far right. Just as Epstein wanted to close off all escape routes to his female victims, Trump and his tech reactionaries want to shut down all alternatives to the household economy and turn the presidency into a founder-controlled family firm. Attacks on the administrative state, the public sector and unions, and the transformation of border control agents into a personal militia can be understood as parts of a broader programme to extend the rule of master and servant to the entire economy. Perhaps if we all become Uber drivers, Amazon third-party sellers, trade contractors to real estate moguls, or academic supplicants to billionaires then the founder will be safe from collective sacrifice? Epstein’s victims experienced the rule of master and servant not just as economic but sexual violence. They were the first to name and resist our emergent political order.
February 14, 2026 at 9:01 PM

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It would be quicker to write stories about all the people close to the President who didn’t know Jeffrey Epstein.
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h
“.. The exchanges include invitations to private residences, introductions to diplomats .. They also show Epstein repeatedly encouraged Barrack to move communications to encrypted messaging apps, records of which are not part of the government release.”

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Trump insider Tom Barrack kept in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein for years, files show
Tom Barrack, a top U.S. diplomat and longtime friend of President Trump, networked and socialized with Epstein for years, CBS News found.
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February 14, 2026 at 8:23 PM

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“.. The exchanges include invitations to private residences, introductions to diplomats .. They also show Epstein repeatedly encouraged Barrack to move communications to encrypted messaging apps, records of which are not part of the government release.”

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Trump insider Tom Barrack kept in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein for years, files show
Tom Barrack, a top U.S. diplomat and longtime friend of President Trump, networked and socialized with Epstein for years, CBS News found.
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February 14, 2026 at 8:22 PM

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AP: How Jeffrey Epstein used the glamour of the Nobel Peace Prize to entice his global network of elites

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How Jeffrey Epstein used the glamour of the Nobel Peace Prize to entice his global network of elites
Jeffrey Epstein repeatedly played up hosting the head of the Nobel Peace Prize committee in invitations to and chats with elites like Richard Branson, Larry Summers and Steve Bannon, the Epstein files...
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February 14, 2026 at 8:02 PM

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Le Figaro
Fabrice Aidan, Frédéric Chaslin, Daniel Siad... French justice takes up the Epstein case by appointing magistrates

The Paris prosecutor's office wants to analyze 'potential offenses linked to French nationals' in this sprawling case. The American financier, who committed suicide in prison in 2019, faced up to 45 years in prison for sexual exploitation of minors and criminal association

Fabrice Aidan, Frédéric Chaslin, Daniel Siad... French justice takes up the Epstein case by appointing magistrates
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Le Monde
Epstein affair: Paris prosecutor's office has designated magistrates to analyze possible offenses involving French nationals

The prosecutor's office also announced that it has been seized of three cases, following complaints or reports, involving diplomat Fabrice Aidan, conductor Frédéric Chaslin, and a model scout.

Epstein affair: Paris prosecutor's office has designated magistrates to analyze possible offenses involving French nationals
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The Sidney Morning Herald
Epstein files reveal scope of Ghislaine Maxwell’s role in Clinton circle

Newly released documents shed light on how Epstein’s companion played a major role in creating the former US president’s global organisation.

Epstein files reveal scope of Ghislaine Maxwell’s role in Clinton circle
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What do the powerful people named in the Epstein files all have in common?
February 14, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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