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marmar

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Sun Feb 15, 2026, 10:05 AM 22 hrs ago

French prosecutors to set up special team to review Epstein files


(Guardian UK) The Paris prosecutor’s office on Saturday announced it was setting up a special team of magistrates to analyse evidence that could implicate French nationals in the crimes of the convicted US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

With Epstein’s known circle extending to prominent French figures after the release of documents by the US authorities, the prosecutor’s office said it would also thoroughly re-examine the case of former French modelling agency executive Jean-Luc Brunel, a close associate of the US financier, who died in custody in 2022.

The new team will work closely with prosecutors from the national financial crimes unit and police with a view to opening investigations into any suspected crimes involving French nationals, the Paris prosecutor’s office told AFP.

The aim is “to be able to extract any piece that could be usefully reused in a new investigative framework”, it said. ...........................(more)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/14/french-prosecutors-to-set-up-special-team-to-review-epstein-files




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French prosecutors to set up special team to review Epstein files (Original Post) marmar 22 hrs ago OP
KICK for bluestarone 22 hrs ago #1
do they have the unedited files? samsingh 21 hrs ago #2
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