The French Foreign Minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, declared this Wednesday that he does not rule out that there may be more French diplomats in the Epstein case, after being “dismayed” and “outraged” at discovering the alleged involvement of a senior official in his department, Fabrice Aidan, currently on leave. Interviewed by RTL radio about the possible presence of other cases of email leaks in the Foreign Ministry in the Epstein case, Barrot responded: “I cannot rule it out.” “Names of diplomats seem to appear in the documents without me being able to draw any conclusions,” he added. The minister pointed out that the facts that Aidan is accused of are “extremely serious”, which is why the day before, in addition to referring the case to the Prosecutor’s Office, he opened an administrative investigation and a disciplinary procedure against him.
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