The pressure is mounting intensely on Jack Lang, the former French culture minister, as officials in Paris are now demanding his resignation as president of the Arab World Institute due to his documented connections with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. This is serious stuff; the foreign ministry actually summoned Lang to discuss the whole messy situation.
Lang, who is 86, has been the head of the Arab World Institute since 2013. While he hasn’t been accused of any wrongdoing himself, the recently released files from the U.S. Department of Justice show Lang’s name appearing over 600 times. It raises questions about a relationship that Lang characterized as a casual acquaintance.
