{"id":127229,"date":"2026-04-06T05:13:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T05:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressactu.com\/?p=127229"},"modified":"2026-04-06T05:13:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T05:13:43","slug":"daniel-mendelsohn-saint-simon-aurait-ete-parfait-pour-raconter-laffaire-epstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pressactu.com\/?p=127229","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Mendelsohn : \u00ab\u00a0Saint-Simon aurait \u00e9t\u00e9 parfait pour raconter l\u2019affaire Epstein\u00a0\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure class=\"hook-media--standard \"> <picture class=\"hook-media_picture pb-8\"><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/focus.nouvelobs.com\/2026\/03\/26\/590\/0\/2362\/2362\/375\/375\/75\/0\/9e74ae5_upload-1-1aay9tytsp0p-daniel-mendelsohn-2026-zazzo-l1005843.jpg 1x,https:\/\/focus.nouvelobs.com\/2026\/03\/26\/590\/0\/2362\/2362\/750\/750\/50\/0\/9e74ae5_upload-1-1aay9tytsp0p-daniel-mendelsohn-2026-zazzo-l1005843.jpg 2x\" 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