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demmiblue

(39,521 posts)
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 07:05 AM 11 hrs ago

Paris prosecutors open 2 Epstein-linked probes and call on victims to come forward

Source: AP

PARIS (AP) — Paris prosecutors opened on Wednesday two new investigations into potential sex abuse crimes and financial wrongdoings linked to Jeffrey Epstein following the release of millions of files of the millionaire financier and convicted sex offender, and called on possible victims to come forward.

Paris prosecutor Laurence Beccuau said the investigations are seeking to use the files released by the U.S. administration, media reports and new complaints that are being filed.

“All that data … some will shed light on others to be able to get a well-informed, very broad, panoramic view,” Beccuau said on France Info news broadcaster.

One investigation will focus on sex abuse crimes, the other on financial wrongdoing, each involving specialized magistrates, she added.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/france-epstein-paris-prosecutor-opens-investigation-a6d1f3e6bf750b2aff55da9716323fa3

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Paris prosecutors open 2 Epstein-linked probes and call on victims to come forward (Original Post) demmiblue 11 hrs ago OP
Imagine that, a justice department actually doing something about these criminals. travelingthrulife 10 hrs ago #1
Trump and his enablers/synchophants have lost complete control Deminpenn 10 hrs ago #2
This is a good sign FakeNoose 9 hrs ago #3
I wonder, if by chance, the French may release the information being suppressed in the US. Firestorm49 8 hrs ago #4
Wouldn't it be sweet CMYK 5 hrs ago #5
A financial deep-dive kurtyboy 5 hrs ago #6

travelingthrulife

(4,907 posts)
1. Imagine that, a justice department actually doing something about these criminals.
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 08:28 AM
10 hrs ago

Too bad it is never our country doing the right thing.

Deminpenn

(17,354 posts)
2. Trump and his enablers/synchophants have lost complete control
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 08:40 AM
10 hrs ago

of the Epstein saga.

It is all going to come out.

FakeNoose

(40,946 posts)
3. This is a good sign
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 08:55 AM
9 hrs ago

Whatever the French prosecutors can find on Epstein's misdeeds in France will be shared carefully with the media, I have no doubt. However it's not likely that they'll find stuff on Chump misbehaving in Paris. Their friendship had cooled by the time Epstein started spending time over there.

The "Miss Teen" beauty pageants would have been an interest for Chump, and I don't know if he was involved in the French version. That was Bunel's territory.

kurtyboy

(989 posts)
6. A financial deep-dive
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 01:25 PM
5 hrs ago

...is appropriate, and possibly more damaging to the Epstein class--but I'm not holding my breath on French investigators either. This kraken has more and longer tentacles than we can count...

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