political scientist Nabil Ennasri and lobbyist Jean-Pierre Duthion are indicted

Political scientist Nabil Ennasri was indicted on charges of breach of trust, private corruption, money laundering, laundering of aggravated tax fraud, corruption of a public official and influence peddling of a public official, the Radio France Agency from judicial source. He was placed in pre-trial detention. “My client is currently using his right to silence”declared his lawyer Me Yassine Bouzrou.

Lobbyist Jean-Pierre Duthion was indicted. The qualifications of this indictment will be communicated later. He was placed under judicial supervision. “Jean-Pierre Duthion leaves this series of hearings free and is now waiting for the judicial investigation to result in his exoneration”commented to Radio France’s Investigation Unit the lobbyist’s lawyers, Robin Binsard and Guillaume Martine. “The offenses with which he is accused are hotly contested: he has never paid remuneration to a parliamentarian, nor to a journalist. He is today forced to have to justify his activities as a lobbyist, in violation of business secrecy. “

Several foreign influence operations

Judicial information continues under the direction of investigating magistrates. She is open to charges of active and passive corruption of a private person; corruption and influence peddling, active and passive, in an organized gang, of a public elected official; breach of trust, money laundering, money laundering of tax fraud, non-compliance by a representative of interest with their communication obligations to the HATVP, concealed work.

Lobbyist Jean-Pierre Duthion, involved in several foreign influence operations, had been placed in police custody in Paris, the Radio France investigation unit learned from sources close to the matter. Its role had been established by the “Story Killers” investigation, led by the French consortium of journalists “Forbidden Stories” involving the investigation unit of Radio France. According to our revelations, a BFMTV journalist had broadcast biased news at the request of Jean-Pierre Duthion.