It’s a complicated day that awaits Eric Zemmour this November 17, 2021. The essayist who both promotes his latest book France has not said its last word and his presidential campaign – he should appear in early December – is summoned this Wednesday before the Paris Criminal Court to be tried for his comments on unaccompanied minor migrants, which he described on CNews as “thieves, rapists and murderers“. His lawyers have indicated that he will not be present at the hearing. Faced with this ordeal, the far-right polemicist will be able to count on his faithful advisor Sarah Knafo.
Inseparable from Eric Zemmour, Sarah Knafo, 29, was obviously present during her last visit to the “Made in France” show at Porte de Versailles in Paris on November 14. More and more in the light, this enarque paused her career as a magistrate at the Court of Auditors to follow the ambitions of the former editorialist of the Figaro, gradually becoming his campaign manager. Her ardor and appetite for politics make her an essential ally of Eric Zemmour and the closer the date of the presidential elections, the more he will need them. Influential, the one who would have met this family friend in her childhood is also a controversial support who does not hesitate to write her legend herself, according to the various surveys published in recent weeks in the media.
A trial that comes as the polls stagnate
The brilliance of Eric Zemmour, who has made a rise in the polls, have multiplied since the fall, exceeding in voting intentions Marine Le Pen. However, it is now stagnating. Not long ago, he divided with his remarks on the attacks of November 13, 2015 and his attacks against former President François Hollande, believing that he knew that a tragedy was going to occur and that he did not take the necessary measures to avoid it. A clash he made while he was in front of the Bataclan, on the sad anniversary of the tragedy.
This November 17, the almost presidential candidate is summoned to appear by the prosecution for complicity in provocation to racial hatred and racial insult, for comments made on Cnews on September 29, 2020. During a debate of the emission Facing the info on unaccompanied minors after an attack in front of the former Charlie Hebdo premises, the columnist declared: “They have nothing to do here, they are thieves, they are murderers, they are rapists, that’s all they are, they must be sent away and they must not even come.“Originally, the trial was to be held in September but faced with the large number of civil parties – last minute for some – it had to be postponed and will be longer than expected, said The Parisian.