Epstein Files Spark Controversy Over Former Belgian PM Charles Michel
The debate intensified after Belgium’s Francophone Socialist Party (PS) shared a social media post highlighting coverage of the Michel administration—a coalition between the liberal Reformist Movement (MR) party and the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA)—in recently released Epstein-related files.
The Justice Department made millions of Epstein-related documents public on January 30 under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, signed by US President Donald Trump last November.
Epstein died in federal custody in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
In its post, the PS argued that the documents suggest networks of political influence and coordination that extend beyond Epstein’s sexual crimes. The party referenced reported messages between Epstein and former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, in which Bannon claimed that the Belgian government collapsed shortly after his 2018 speech in Brussels.
"Invited to Brussels, Bannon delivers a violent speech against the Global Compact for Migration in front of Belgian nationalists and extremists. The political climate in our country is already heated. He deliberately stokes the flames. Shortly afterwards, the N-VA leaves the coalition," the party said. "In his messages to Epstein, Bannon boasts. He claims that the Belgian government fell a few hours after his intervention," it added.
The Michel government ultimately fell in December 2018 after the N-VA left the coalition due to disagreements over the migration pact.
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