Nicolas Dupont-Aignan is still talking about him, in a negative way. The 2022 presidential candidate, close to the far-right, told AFP on Monday, December 20, that he had been diagnosed positive for Covid-19 and had gone into isolation immediately. But that’s not what asserts Release.
Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, media opponent of the health pass and not vaccinated – according to his statements made last November during a trip in the field -, explained to have carried out, before taking a train, to a test which was revealed negative on Thursday, December 9, but suffered symptoms on Friday, December 10. He was then diagnosed positive for Covid-19, in the midst of the Omicron variant which is threatening the end of the year holidays; Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher also recently revealed to have been contaminated.
The politician, deputy for Essonne, on the other hand rejected the accusations of concealing his state of health from people he had known in the days preceding his contamination. Indeed, according to newspaper information Release, Nicolas Dupont-Aignan “knew if it was in contact“from his wife for several days before her positive diagnosis”and yet continued to attend meetings“in the National Assembly. He challenged this version with AFP, claiming to have known his wife’s contact case on the evening of Thursday, December 9, then to have isolated himself, denouncing”slander“to him. So did he lie about his health or not?
According to the unsuccessful 2017 presidential candidate, all people encountered in the “48 hours” preceding his positive test were warned, in particular those encountered during a trip to Lorraine on Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 December. A calendar that does not seem to convince, BFMTV reports this Tuesday, December 21 that “60 people leave it“including his communications director, his press advisor and his trainees! Resignations that are difficult as he aims again for the presidency of the Republic …”He’s been his wife’s case-contact long before he tells it, so he’s lying about the dates. I slammed the door when I saw that this story was going to blow him in the face“, said a now ex-member of his team.